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Title: Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys
The Birch Bark Lodge

Author: Silas K. Boone

Release Date: August 8, 2007 [EBook #22279]

Language: English

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[Illustration: HAVING SECURED A GOOD SUPPLY OF BAIT, THEY STARTED FOR
THE CANOE]

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The Mountain Boys Series

PHIL BRADLEY'S MOUNTAIN BOYS

Or
The Birch Bark Lodge

By
SILAS K. BOONE

The New York Book Company
New York

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Copyright, 1915, by
The New York Book Company

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I Bound for Lake Surprise 11
II Lub and the Mother Bobcat 21
III A Mystery, to Start with 33
IV The Figure in the Moonlight 46
V The Sudden Awakening 59
VI Getting Rid of an Intruder 72
VII On the Border of the Lake 84
VIII The Mountain Boys in Camp 97
IX The 'Coon Photographer 112
X Finding a Sunbeam 121
XI An Encounter in the Pine Woods 134
XII When Two Played the Game 143
XIII How "Daddy" Came Back 156
XIV The Puzzle of It All 169
XV After the Storm 181
XVI Peace After Strife--Conclusion 194

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PHIL BRADLEY'S MOUNTAIN BOYS

CHAPTER I

BOUND FOR LAKE SURPRISE

"Phil, _please_ tell me we're nearly there!"

"I'd like to, Lub, for your sake; but the fact of the matter is we've
got about another hour of climbing before us, as near as I can reckon."

"Oh! dear, that means sixty long minutes