In warmer weather they usually assembled at The Cave, overlooking the river. As its name implied, the chamber had been carved by water action, and was reached by a flight of stairs built by the Cubs and their fathers.
During the previous summer, the boys had enjoyed many an adventure along the waterfront. The story of their difficulties with river pirates has been told in the Cub book entitled: “Dan Carter and the River Camp.”
In the first Cub Scout book, “Dan Carter, Cub Scout,” the boys tried a little back yard camping. Even so, they found themselves battling a flood at a pheasant farm, and incidentally, meeting several unpleasant persons.
Now, as the Cubs watched Mr. Hatfield count the money found in the tin box, they sensed that once again they were on the verge of adventure.
The Cub leader tallied eight hundred and forty dollars in twenty dollar denominations. Brad carefully set this amount down.
Next the Cub leader started to count the ten dollar bills. He was well into the third package, when Dan, a little weary of watching, raised his eyes to the window.
What he saw nearly caused him to rise off his chair.
A face was pressed against the windowpane.
In the fleeting instant that he saw it, Dan gained only a vague impression of a flattened nose and intent eyes.
Too startled to cry out, he kicked Brad’s foot under the table.