Ralph Henry Barbour

Name: Harry's Island — 8. A Guest at Camp
Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

Harry's Island — 8. A Guest at Camp (1908)

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“Harry's Island — 8. A Guest at Camp”, published in 1908, is a work by Ralph Henry Barbour. It explores elements such as Chub, Harry and Outer Beach.

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Harry's Island — 8. A Guest at Camp (1908)

“ Roy pretended to be relieved at finding “W. N.” away, but in reality he was quite as curious as any one, and just as anxious to see the mysterious person.
“We can’t invite him to supper,” said Harry sorrowfully.
“Let’s leave him a note and put it on the berries,” said Chub.
After some discussion this plan was agreed to. Dick supplied a scrap of paper from the back of an envelop and Chub had a pencil at the end of his watch chain.
“I suppose this ought to be in rhyme,” said Chub, “but it’s beyond me.”
“Oh, never mind that,” said Roy. “We can’t all be poets.” ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Harry's Island — 8. A Guest at Camp (1908)

“ I’ve never met a real poet.”
“Well, if we do,” said Dick grimly, “I’m for hiding the solid silver.”
They reached Point Harriet without finding trace of the quarry, although whenever Snip barked in the woods Chub insisted that the poet was treed. They turned homeward and passed the Grapes and Hood’s Hill. Then, as they scrambled down to Outer Beach, Roy gave a shout. At their feet lay the still smoldering remains of a small fire. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Harry's Island — 8. A Guest at Camp (1908)

“ Gee! Wish I was a poet!”
“You always have cake when there’s company,” answered Harry.
“Wish I was company, then,” said Chub. “I tell you what, fellows; I’ll go off and camp by myself at the other end of the island and then you can invite me to take dinner and supper with you and feed me cake. Chocolate cake, for choice,” he added reflectively.
The two boats drifted down to the island and presently were side by side on Inner Beach. In the intervals of assisting Dick with the task of preparing the evening meal, the others played quoits with horse-shoes which had been left from spring camping. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Harry's Island — 8. A Guest at Camp (1908)

“ And as far as they could find out Harry was right.
“As soon as we’ve had dinner,” said Dick, “we’ll go around there and see him. How would it do to take some berries along? We’ve got heaps more than we need.”
“Bully!” said Chub.
“And let’s ask him to supper,” added Harry. The boys laughed.
“Harry’s fallen in love with the Licensed Poet!” cried Chub.
“I haven’t!” denied Harry warmly. “But I do think it would be nice to ask him to supper.”
“Maybe he didn’t bring his dress-clothes,” said Roy.
“I guess we’d better have a look at him first,” said Dick. “Then if we want to ask him we can. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Harry's Island — 8. A Guest at Camp (1908)

“ Chub wondered whether they ought to dress for their guest.
“About all I could do,” he reflected, “would be to change my necktie and put on another shirt. But as the shirt would be just like this one, he wouldn’t know that I’d changed. In fact, as he has never seen me at all, he wouldn’t know whether this one was the one I’d been wearing right along or one that I’d put on in his honor; and so if I changed this one for another one he wouldn’t know which one—”
“That’ll do for you,” interrupted Roy. “Seeing that you’ve got only two shirts on the island you do an awful lot of talking about them. ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Harry's Island — 8. A Guest at Camp (1908)

“ K 9.”
“But—but how did he manage to get hold of Snip?” marveled Dick. They all talked at once for a minute and great excitement reigned at Camp Torohadik. Finally Harry’s voice triumphed above the babel.
“I think it’s perfectly wonderful!” she exclaimed. “Snip will never go near strangers. It just shows that he must be a beautiful character!”
“Who?” asked Dick. “The dog?”
“No, the poet,” replied Harry, earnestly. “Couldn’t we lend him some clothes, Roy?”
“Yes, if we knew his size. But we don’t. He may be as big as all outdoors or as small as Chub.” ”

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Ralph Henry Barbour, Harry's Island — 8. A Guest at Camp (1908)

“ At all events, he jumped up at once and bounded over to where Dick was bundling the garments under his arm, wagging his tail and barking hysterically.
“Snip, too, has fallen victim to the charms of the Unknown One,” said Chub. “Tell Seth that I’ve got a necktie he can have if he’s fussy, and that if he wants me to, I’ll go over and tie it for him.”
“All right; but you’d better put the supper back on the stove so it won’t be all cold if he does come. I’ll be right back and let you know.” Dick, with Snip running excitedly ahead, moved toward the path leading to Lookout and Outer Beach. ”

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