Bear and forbear

“Wolf, I am about ready to buy this boat, if you are about ready to sell it,” said Tom Walton, as we were sailing up the lake in the Belle.

We left Middleport early in the morning, and when we dined, we were above Priam. We intended to land at a point near the residence of my old friend Captain Portman, to enable me...

As I took his hand, a burst of laughter from Waddie and Miss Dornwood attracted my attention. Turning my head to ascertain what amused them, I saw the bear standing on his hind...

I began to think my bear was as fickle as human beings, for he seemed to have taken quite a fancy to Edith. Certainly, in this respect, I was willing to believe he was a bear of...

The stern of the burning canal-boat was to windward, so that the flames were driven over the entrance to the cabin. I made fast the cable of the Belle to the bow of the burning...

He went on shore, taking his bag with him, and made his way up to the road which led to the hotel. Waddie and I walked up to Captain Portman’s house; but he was not at home, tho...

They walked towards the boat, and I returned to the hotel, where I found Tom, and we soon joined Waddie on board of the Belle. We were all ready to start; but I confess I was ve...

Miss Dornwood was evidently contrasting her present situation with the happiness which had been her portion during the lifetime of her father. It was not strange that she wept,...

Tom Walton and I went entirely around the town of Centreport, visiting every part where there were detached buildings which presented to the incendiary favorable opportunities f...

Tom Walton pointed to the tender of the Grace, in which a young man was pulling across the Narrows with all his might. He was already so far from us that we could not make him o...

Before we had steam enough to start the Ruoara, her regular engineer arrived, and I was relieved from duty in this department. In obedience to the instructions of Colonel Wimple...

The steamer ran ahead of the Belle as far as the depth of the water would permit, so as not to delay the latter unnecessarily. I dropped into the jolly-boat, which was towing as...

I was appalled at the calamity which had befallen Tom Walton, and deplored the want of caution with which we had conducted the enterprise. Of course we understood that the bank...

I was never more vexed and disconcerted in my life than when, from the tall tree on the hill, I discovered the robber. I think the tones in which I yelled to Tom and the sheriff...

In a short time we were satisfied that the robber intended to run the Raven into the gully on the upper side of High Bluff. Certainly no more inviting prospect could have been d...

Stealing a cautious glance over the brink of the precipice, I discovered the robber coiled up under a projecting rock, about five rods from the place where the sheriff had been...

The robber appeared to be suffering so much from the injuries in his shoulder that I had not considered him capable of giving us any further trouble; and when I went forward to...

It was decided that the sheriff should return to Centreport with his prisoner in the Ucayga, which left Hitaca at one o’clock, and would be at Priam before two. The doctor insis...

I called Captain Synders and Waddie from their hiding-place, and hastened to the hotel, intending to reach it about as soon as Mr. Overton, for I was rather fearful that his lor...

“Landlord, I have been outrageously insulted in your house, and if you do not instantly expel these insolent persons, I shall be obliged to leave myself,” said Lord Palsgrave, a...

“You don’t seem to think that your crimes are the cause of your misfortunes, Nick. If you had been an honest and upright young man, I could not possibly have done you any harm.”

“I was very much pleased with Miss Dornwood, especially when I learned that she had a fortune of two hundred thousand dollars. A few days after I was introduced to her, I had th...

I slept soundly enough that night, in spite of my anxiety concerning the perilous condition of the relations between the two sides of the lake. In the morning I called upon Tom...

“But I desire to make one, if you will do me the favor to hear it,” continued Major Toppleton, taking from his pocket the check he had drawn the day before, and handing it to th...

“Now, Captain Penniman, you and I will see Mr. Overton. Waddie, if you will go to the office of my lawyer, Mr. Bayard, and state to him all the facts in the case, you will oblig...

The Banshee was larger than the Grace, and was really a magnificent boat. Tom was delighted with her, and expressed his admiration in the warmest terms. I am willing to acknowle...