I'll find Giant somehow,
and have him at the dock inside of a quarter of an hour sure." And
away he ran on his errand, while the youth who had the important
announcement to make turned in the direction of the water-front.
To those who have read the former volumes in this "_Boy Hunters
Series_" the lads who have been speaking will need no further
introduction. For the benefit of others let me state that Sheppard
Reed was the son of a doctor who had a large practice in and around
the town of Fairview. Shep, as he was usually called, was a bright
and manly youth, and one who loved life out of doors.
Frank Dawson was a lad who had moved to the town some years before,
and by his winning manner had made himself many friends. The boy
had a habit of exaggerating when telling anything, and this had
earned for him the nickname of Whopper---even though Frank never
told anything in the shape of a deliberate falsehood. As some
of his friends said, "you could tell Frank's whoppers a mile off,"
which was a pretty stiff "whopper" in itself.
These two boys had two close chums, Charley Dodge, usually called
Snap---why nobody could tell---and Will Caslette, known as Giant,
because of his small stature.
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