With best wishes to all who love the woods and waters, a gun, a dog, and a rousing campfire, I remain,
Your sincere friend,
CAPTAIN RALPH BONEHILL.
GUNS AND SNOWSHOES.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCING FOUR BOYS
"Hurrah, boys, it's snowing at last! Aren't you glad?"
"Glad? You bet I'm glad, Snap! Why I've been watching for this storm for about six months!"
"There you go, Whopper!" answered Charley Dodge, with a grin. "Six months indeed! Why, we haven't been home six months."
"Well, it seems that long anyway," said Frank Dawson, who was usually called Whopper by his chums, because of his exaggerations when speaking. "I've just been aching to see it snow."