The Boy Scout Camera Club or, The Confession of a Photograph

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of New York!" exclaimed Ned Nestor, a handsome, muscular boy of seventeen. "How

uted Jimmie McGraw, of the Wolf Patrol. "I would

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ed of face and as active as a red squirrel, "t

can be the officers and I can be the members, but we'd rather have a menagerie of large size, as w

in an instant, all clamoring for membership in the

thinking that Jimmie and I would have to go

een thinking that the club you were organizing wouldn't get outside of little old New York, but would lo

mera!" Jack Bosworth, of the Black Bear Pat

er, who was a famous corporation lawyer, and the boys persuaded Jack to wait until they had complet

untains!" shouted Teddy Green, of the Eagle Patr

the matter of learning-after he had first climbed to all the high spots of the world and descended into all

grinned. "We'll

elled Oliver Yentsch,

have a Moose

es in spite of his tendency to grumble at trifles. However, if he complained at small things, he met large trou

ded, closing the book. "We

arted, leaving the six members of the Camera Club to perfect arrangements for their departure. It was a warm Ma

our plans," he said, "for this is to

reply, "I'll call up dad's editorial rooms and have a reporter sent up here. Top of

n his trips, plenty of blank paper for "copy," but never sent in a line! His letters to his father's new

ever furnish an item for your daddy's newspaper he'd never live it do

who, young as he was, was often in the employ of the Secret Service department of the United States government

otion to seize Jimmie. "We're going to take pictures, aren't we? We'll take

per man, too. You needn't think you're the only cherry in the pie! I u

d never had a home except that provided by himself, and this, in the early da

lad if you do, of course, but I'd like to know something about it before we start. Dad will have to b

ed Jimmie. "When you get where it is fort

o take pictures of?"

ghed Frank. "Isn't

answer. "This is not

?" queried Oliver. "T

y of men to look after counterfeiters and moonshiners. All we've got to

teak about the first thing! You remember how fine the venison steaks were

, in China, and under the ocean, so we'll let the details go without explanation. I'm going to the mountains to

You know we went to Lady

untaineers stole this

t!" insisted Frank. "I'm beginning to se

an any bundle of papers could be! It wasn't of gold, silver, diamonds,

d Frank. "This goes to

asked Oliver.

oy belonging to one of th

untaineers steal such

ors," Ned corrected himself. "I should have sai

attaches?" asked Teddy.

re questions in a minute than a motion pi

this country," Ned answered, "yet his safety is of

kid?" insisted Jimmie. "I've asked that question n

uspects them of taking the child. Mountain men are not up to that sort of thing, as a rule. They

im?" asked Frank. "Do

and that is the reason I'm drawing the explanation out. It is thought the boy was stolen

next of succession to some measly old throne! What? And he was sent o

ry idea of going into the mountains in quest of an abducted child, but the thou

ervice men at Washington have a pretty good idea as to who got him, and they believe the criminals are

kill a kid like tha

soon find out whether ambitious men will murder children who stand in thei

ve since that time,"

on Monday, and was se

ince was seen yesterd

ac ri

is it? Say, but won't dad be glad to hear

call him the pri

he door and Jack opened it so as to look out. In

here's something strange