Dave Porter At Bear Camp

"[...]fellows," he continued. "There is no use of your worrying over our troubles. We came on this little trip to enjoy ourselves, and I want all of you to have the best time possible." "And we certainly have had a good time!" cried Dave. "Just as good a time as we had out in Yellowstone Park." "That is, Dave, considering the girls are not along," remarked Ben, with a wink at the others. "Well, of course that makes some difference, Ben," returned Dave, his face flushing a trifle.[...]".

Excerpt from Dave Porter at Bear Camp: Or the Wild Man of Mirror Lake "Dave Porter at Bear Camp" is a complete story in itself, but forms the eleventh volume in a line issued under the general title of "Dave Porter Series." As I have mentioned several times, this series was started a number of years ago by the publication of "Dave Porter at Oak Hall," in which my young readers were introduced to a typical, wideawake American lad at an up-to-date American boarding school. The publication of this first: volume was followed by that of "Dave Porter in the South Seas," whither the lad journeyed to clear up a question concerning his parentage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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"Phil, your father seems to be a good deal worried this morning. I hope it isn't on account of the way we cut up on this ship last evening." "Not at all, Dave," returned Phil Lawrence. "I don't believe he noticed our monkey-shines. He is worried over the letter he received in the mail we got at our last stopping-place." "No bad news I hope?" said Roger Morr, another one of the group of boys seated on the forward deck of a small coastwise steamer. "Well, I think it is rather bad news," answered the son of the vessel's owner. "Poor dad stands to lose between twenty and thirty thousand dollars." "Twenty or thirty thousand dollars!" exclaimed Dave Porter. "Why, how can that be, Phil?" "Did he make a bad investment?" asked Ben Basswood, another youth of the group. "You can hardly call it a bad investment, Ben," returned Phil. "Buying the land was all right enough in the first place. It's trying to get rid of it that's the sticker." "You are talking in riddles, Phil," said Roger Morr. "Won't you explain?" "Maybe Phil doesn't care to explain," broke in Dave Porter, quickly. "It may be his father's private business, you know." "Oh, I don't think he'll object to my telling you the details," responded the shipowner's son. "It isn't very much of a secret where we live, or in East Haven." "East Haven? Is that the place across the river from where you live?" queried Dave Porter.

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