"It's Lake Narsac or bust!" cried Snap.
"Huh! I'll believe it when I see it," returned the boy on shore.
"Don't worry, you'll never get there, Jack Voss," said a man standing by. "You are too much of a coward."
"Won't I?" answered Jack Voss. "A lot of us are going up to Lake
Narsac in a few days, or next week."
"Who?"
"Never mind. We are going and that's enough," answered Jack Voss.
"I ain't afraid of that ghost—-or of snakes either," he added.
"There they go!" shouted Joe Bright, enthusiastically. "Hurrah for the young hunters of the lake!"
"Hurrah!" shouted several and waved their hands and handkerchiefs.
Those in the rowboat waved in return. Then Shep and Whopper bent to the oars; and the summer outing was begun. Little did the young hunters realize how many strange adventures were in store for them.