"
The camp was soon looking quite cozy again, when the tents had been
placed and everything made snug.
"I'm going to like this place almost as well as the one under the
cascade," remarked Will, who had been rather skeptical all along.
So the first evening came along, and supper was the same hearty,
enjoyable meal they had always found it. The camp appetites worked
overtime, the coffee tasted splendid, the elk steaks were just what each
one had been hungering for, and as the cook supplemented these with a
heaping platter of flapjacks the contentment of the four chums seemed
complete.
"How long do we stay here, Mr. Mabie?" asked Bluff, never hesitating
when in search of information.
"Possibly a week or so. Then back to the ranch, and a new line of
experiences. This terribly dry weather is making me anxious, for the
range is drying up, and we shall be hard set to find pasture for the
cattle soon, unless rain comes along."
"Do you have such a dry spell in summer often up here?" asked Frank.
"Never saw the equal of this since I settled in the valley, many years
ago.
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