The Boy Trapper

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Title: The Boy Trapper
Author: Harry Castlemon
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[Illustration: Dave meets Lester Brigham.]
Boy Trapper Series
THE

BOY TRAPPER.
By HARRY CASTLEMON,
AUTHOR OF "THE FRANK NELSON SERIES," "THE
SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES," "GUNBOAT SERIES," &C.
PHILADELPHIA HENRY T. COATES & CO.

FAMOUS CASTLEMON BOOKS.
Gunboat Series. By Harry Castlemon. 6 vols. 12mo. Frank the Young
Naturalist. Frank on a Gunboat. Frank in the Woods. Frank before
Vicksburg. Frank on the Lower Mississippi. Frank on the Prairie.
Rocky Mountain Series. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth.
Frank among the Rancheros. Frank at Don Carlos' Ranch. Frank in the
Mountains.
Sportsman's Club Series. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth.
The Sportsman's Club in the Saddle. The Sportsman's Club Afloat. The
Sportsman's Club among the Trappers.
Frank Nelson Series. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth.
Snowed Up. Frank in the Forecastle. The Boy Traders.
Boy Trapper Series. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. The
Buried Treasure. The Boy Trapper. The Mail-Carrier.
Roughing It Series. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. George
in Camp. George at the Wheel. George at the Fort.
Rod and Gun Series. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. Don
Gordon's Shooting Box. Rod and Gun Club. The Young Wild Fowlers.
Go-Ahead Series. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth. Tom
Newcombe. Go-Ahead. No Moss.

Forest and Stream Series. By Harry Castlemon. 3 vols. 12mo. Cloth.
Joe Wayring. Snagged and Sunk. Steel Horse.
War Series. By Harry Castlemon. 5 vols. 12mo. Cloth. True to his
Colors. Rodney the Partisan. Rodney the Overseer. Marcy the
Blockade-Runner. Marcy the Refugee.
Other Volumes in Preparation.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by PORTER &
COATES, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS
I. A GLANCE AT THE PAST II. DAVID'S VISITORS III. AN
OFFER OF PARTNERSHIP IV. MORE BAD NEWS V. DAN IS
ASTONISHED VI. BRUIN'S ISLAND VII. WHAT HAPPENED
THERE VIII. DOGS IN THE MANGER IX. NATURAL HISTORY X.
A BEAR HUNT XI. TRAPPING QUAILS XII. WHERE THE
POINTER WAS XIII. TEN DOLLARS REWARD XIV. SOME
DISCOVERIES XV. BOB'S ASPIRATIONS XVI. DON'S HOUNDS
TREE SOMETHING XVII. CONCLUSION
CHAPTER I.
A GLANCE AT THE PAST.
"Don't worry about it, mother. It is nothing we can help."
"It seems to me that I might have helped it. If I had gone to General
Gordon when your father first spoke about that barrel with the eighty
thousand dollars in it, and told him the whole story, things might have
turned out differently. But in spite of all he said, I did not suppose that
he was in earnest."

"Neither did I. That any man in his sober senses should think of such a
thing! Why, mother, if there had been so much money buried in that
potato-patch, the General would have known it, and don't you suppose
he would have found it if he'd had to plough the field up ten feet deep?
Of course he would."
"But just think of the disgrace that has been brought upon us."
"Father is the only one who has done anything to be ashamed of, and he
made matters worse by running away. If he would come home and
attend to his business, no one would say a word to him. The General
told me so this morning."
"I am afraid you couldn't make your father believe it."
"Perhaps not, but if I knew where to find him I should try."
It was David Evans who spoke last. He and his mother were talking
over the strange incidents that had happened in the settlement during
the last few days, and which we have attempted to describe in the
preceding volume of this series. The events were brought about by a
very foolish notion which Godfrey Evans, David's father, suddenly got
into his head.
During our late war it was the custom of the people living in the South
to conceal their valuables when they heard of the approach of the
Union army. They were also careful to take the same precautions to
save their property when it became known that the rebel guerillas were
near at hand; for these worthies were oftentimes but little better than
organized bands of robbers, and