CHAPTER XII
OFF FOR CAMP
All too quickly for the girls and the boys, the visit of the folks from Cedarville to Valley Brook farm came to an end. During the week the boys took the girls on several trips in the touring car, and once all went for a picnic up the Swift river.
"You must write to us often, Dick," said Dora, on parting. "If you go camping, tell us all the particulars."
"I certainly will, Dora," he answered. "And you let me know all about what you are doing, And don't forget to urge your mother to take a trip somewhere."
The boys had already written to their former school chums and fellow travelers, Fred Garrison and Hans Mueller, and those boys had written back that they would arrive at the farm, with an outfit for camping, on the following Saturday.
"That will just suit!" cried Sam. "We can
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