Guns and Snowshoes - Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters by Ralph Bonehill
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This was an easy matter, for directly in front of the camp, on the lake front, grew a tall and slender sapling. From this they cut the extreme top and the branches, and then ran up a thin rope, to which they attached the flag. Floating in the breeze it looked very pretty, and taking off their caps, the members of the Gun Club saluted the national emblem. Then Whopper and Shep began to whistle the Star Spangled Banner and the others joined in. The making ready of the camp had taken longer than they had expected, and it was nightfall before they had everything as they wished it. In addition to making the shelter weather tight and warm, they had cut a good sized pile of wood for the fire. All were tired out, and Shep admitted that his back felt pretty stiff and lame. "I don't think we'd want to work so hard around home," said Giant frankly, and the others admitted that this was so. They were too tired to do more than prepare an ordinary supper, but this included the beans previously put in soak and then baked and these went very well. Then they brought in some wood, and closed up the doorway of the Inn. "No need to remain on guard," said Snap. "The fire and the sides of this shelter will keep away all wild animals." "That's true." During the afternoon it had begun to snow again, and this made it all the more cozy in the shelter. After supper the boys piled wood on the |
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