Camping Out
Y YOUNG readers | Stein, who hails from the great city of will be interested the white shutters, marble door-steps, in the adventures and a Public Building, also marble, a of several young thin, thoughtful youth of seventeen, men who spent threatened with half a million dollars their holidays when his grandfather dies. camping out in Next we have Master Frey Karsner, of Maine. They met Cincinnati, and Moses O. Davis, a landed with various accidents and de- proprietor from one of the rural counties lays while they were on their of the Hoosier section. The last of the way to their destination. To party, with the exception of a guide, make the story more definite, called Fred, is the scribe, known as No. 6, the names of the party had bet- who gives the interesting account of their ter be stated. Mr. Harold S. adventures.
Dearborn, of Boston, was considered The party took bicycles on their way to Captain, who is described as a Junior in their summer encampment, and one little college, in his twentieth year, an enthusi- experience met with must here be narastic sportsman, base-ball player and rated. "No. 6" shall tell the story in his sculler. His strong point is humorously own graphic style. a declared to be U. S. History and Biog- Our nearest approach to an accident, raphies of Eminent Statesmen; and his which, however, resulted in nothing worse special weakness certain attraction than a ludicrous tumble, happened one toward a pretty face; in other words, an afternoon on the old country road in the intense admiration for beauty. town of W. After climbing a pretty steep hill, there is here a long descent to Following the Captain comes Roscoe C. Wayne, citizen of New York City, northward. We had to toil up the hill eighteen years old, afflicted with a rich on foot. But as the descent from the top parent and small silky moustache, and a did not look very formidable, we mounted, belief that New York is all, or almost all, and with our brakes well in hand, started of America. Next we have Freeland to run down. At the foot of the descent there is a moderately sharp turn in the would have gone well enough had we not road, round a clump of thick white maples; had the misfortune to meet a very large and on the lower side of the turn, just load of hay, just coming round the turn, round it, stands a small district school- drawn by a yoke of oxen. We did not Snyder
