The settling of the ghost question took them home before the summer vacation was half over, and then the boys began to wonder what they had best do next. But that question was soon answered by an announcement made by the father of one of the lads; and once again they went forth, this time, however, to the distant mountains. Here they hunted and fished to their hearts' content, and likewise took a large number of photographs, some of the pictures causing them a good deal of trouble and peril to obtain.
Trusting that all boys who love to hunt and to fish and to take pictures with a camera will find this volume to their liking, I remain, Your sincere friend, Captain Ralph Bonehill.
CHAPTER I
FRIENDS AND ENEMIES
"Come on, Shep."
"Where are you going, Whopper?"
"For a row on the river. I've been aching for a row for about a year."
"That suits me," answered Sheppard Reed, as he hopped down from the fence upon which he had been sitting. "What about the others?"
"Snap said he would meet me at the dock," continued Frank Dawson, otherwise known as Whopper. "I don't know where Giant is."
"I saw him about an hour ago. He was on an errand for his mother—-said he was going to Perry's store."