on Wildcat Island,"

In due time came the summer vacation, and as they had a couple of weeks
to be together before going away to seashore or mountains with their
parents, the boys arranged to spend this time in the Sunset Mountains,
that lay ten miles back of Newtonport, which place was on the west shore
of the lake, opposite Centerville. The rumor of a ghost that was said to
haunt Oak Ridge did much to draw the boys, and it can be readily
understood that before they left their camp in the hills they had
succeeded in discovering the astonishing truth about that same spectre.
Just how this was done, together with many other thrilling episodes, you
will find in the record of the outing as given in the third volume,
called: "The Outdoor Chums in the Forest; or, Laying the Ghost of Oak
Ridge."

By the time Will had run the gamut of these adventures, some of which
caused him to shiver, while others brought a smile on his face, he heard
the voices of his chums drawing near.

They soon joined him, each burdened with some more of the outfit in the
way of blankets, and clothes-bags made of waterproof canvas.

These were hastily stowed away, after which the boys began to get busy.
Frank had, ere now, closely examined the engine of the launch, and
even started it going so as to get "the hang of the thing," as he said.
He felt that he had nothing to fear with regard to his ability to
handle it.

"If anything does happen we will have to use the push-poles, and in that
way float down on the swift current until we get to a town," he said,