CHAPTER VIII

OFF FOR BEAR CAMP

"Who told you this, Ben?" asked Dave.

"I just got the story from Nat. He and his family are very much worried. They had an idea that Wilbur Poole was practically well again, and that is the reason why they did not watch him very closely."

"Of course they are searching for him?"

"Sure! Nat said the authorities and also several other people were after him. Nat himself was going to look for him to-morrow."

"Maybe we'll run across him," said Luke Watson.

"I hope we don't, Luke!" exclaimed Dave. "That man gave us trouble enough up at Oak Hall."

"Right you are there!" burst out Shadow. And then he added: "I wonder if he'll call himself the King of Sumatra, as he did before?"

"A man who is out of his mind is apt to call himself anything," said Dave. "I feel sorry for Nat. This must worry him and his family a good deal."

It was not long after this when all the boys went over to the Wadsworth mansion, there to complete their preparations for the trip to Mirror Lake. Ben had had the Basswood automobile thoroughly overhauled, and Dave had likewise had the Wadsworth touring-car put into the best possible running shape.

"My, but there is going to be quite a bunch of us!" was Dave's comment, as he looked at the boys and girls who were present.

"Mamma says we must finish all our packing to-night or else do it Monday morning," said Jessie. "She doesn't want any of it done on Sunday."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is worried?
2. About who?
3. Was anyone watching him?
4. Where were they going for a visit?
5. How were they travelling?
6. Are they supposed to put their things together on Sunday?
7. When should they have them ready?
8. How many are going?
9. Is Wilbur royalty?
10. How does he refer to himself at times?
11. Does anyone pity him?
12. Who do they pity?
13. Who delivered the message from mother?
14. Who got the vehicles ready?
15. Did someone have a name that is usually given to a pet?
16. Whom?
17. Did he disagree with what Dave had said?
18. Who was planning to join the search?
19. When is he going?
20. Who else is searching?
1. Nat and his family
2. Wilbur Poole
3. Not very closely
4. Mirror Lake
5. By car
6. No
7. Monday morning
8. Quite a bunch
9. No
10. the King of Sumatra
11. No
12. Nat
13. Jessie
14. Ben and Dave
15. Yes
16. Shadow
17. No
18. Nat
19. Tomorrow
20. the authorities and also several other people