“A couple of trucks will take you there and all of the necessary equipment will be provided. Anytime that you desire fresh food you can call me up and it will be sent. I’m very glad that you are going, Thorn, because I feel sure that the camp will be in the hands of two trustworthy fellows. I wasn’t sure whether your friend Buck would be free to go along and so I only asked you to come and see me.”
“Buck will be glad to go along,” smiled Ted. “We don’t go very many places without each other! By the way, do you think it would be wise for me to run out and look over Black Riders’ Camp before the camp actually settles there?”
“I think it would be an excellent idea. Take the Black Horse Pike out past Montvery, turn off on a dirt road which you will find on your left as you leave Montvery, and you’ll have no trouble locating the camp. If you see the site of the location you will have no trouble in setting up camp, because you have time ahead to figure out space.”
“All right, I’ll do that. How soon will the boys be ready to go?”
“In a week. There are some few details to be worked out and then everything will be in readiness.”
After some more talk Ted left the lawyer’s office, well pleased with the project which loomed up before him, and made his way quickly to the lumber yard. The sense of responsibility which would rest upon him gave him something serious to think about, but the more he thought it out the more it seemed to him that the experience would be a good one. On the other camping trips there had always been a few fellows and every one had had his own affairs to look out for, but this club camping trip promised to tax his executive powers. There would have to be system and obedience and he liked the prospect of organizing such a camp.
“Buck and I will learn a whole lot out of this trip,” he thought, as he entered the lumber yard.
Buck was in the yard office, busily checking up on some lumber when Ted came in, and he looked up with his customary grin. “Here comes the big boss!” he cried. “Good morning, Mister Thorn!”
“Good morning is right!” flashed back Ted. “Arriving to work at three o’clock in the afternoon is quite a privilege, isn’t it? Never mind, when you get to be an old and trusted employee, as I am, you can do the same!”
“I’ll do that. What did Mr. Calvert have to say, if it is for me to know.”