"Oh, don't be backward about coming forward, Dave!" cried Luke. "Why don't you try them both?"
"I will before I get through."
"We all will," declared Roger. "There is nothing the matter with this air for giving one an appetite," he added. "I believe after we have been up at Bear Camp for a while we'll all be eating like wolves."
"Why not like bears, if we are going to Bear Camp?" suggested Phil.
"Say, I can't bear a joke like that!" broke in Roger.
"It was a little barefaced; wasn't it?" commented Dave.
"Oh, quit your joking, I'm hungry," pleaded Luke. And then all the young folks fell to eating with great gusto, and it must be admitted that the older heads followed suit.
The lunch lasted the best part of half an hour, and was thoroughly enjoyed by every one. Then the young people got out their cameras, and various snap-shots and time-pictures were taken, to be developed and printed later on.
"Now then, let us pack up as quickly as we can, and finish this trip," said Mr. Basswood, presently.
As he spoke he looked up at the sky, and the others did the same. Off to the westward they saw a number of black clouds rolling up rapidly.