"Just
think of it! Deer meat!" And he fairly danced a jig for joy.
It was certainly a happy gathering, and the young hunters voted the
venison steak the best meat they had ever eaten.
"Well, I declare!" cried Whopper, presently, as he gazed across the
lake. "Am I mistaken, or is that a camp-fire I see."
"It certainly is a fire," answered Snap, leaping to his feet.
"Maybe it belongs to those persons we heard shooting, after we shot
the deer," suggested Shep.
The boys were curious to know what sort of folks could be in that
vicinity, and after it was talked over, Snap and Whopper entered
the rowboat and moved over the lake in the direction of the strange
light.
"I see three persons moving around," announced Snap, as they drew
closer. "Let us remain on the lake until we make sure what sort
of people they are."
They drew closer with caution and at last made out five young men,
among them Ham Spink, the Fairview dude, who was, as usual, smoking
a cigarette.
"It's the whole Ham Spink crowd," muttered Snap---"Ham and Dick
Bush, Carl Dudder, Sid Foley and Sam Anderson.
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