Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
He had lived all his life in a very dull and smoky part of London. Now, at last, his mother had come to live in the country in a village called Dutton, as lodge-keeper to Sir Edward Finch. And Danny found himself in a dear little house at the bottom of a long drive.
He had lived all his life in a very dull and smoky part of London. Now, at last, his mother had come to live in the country in a village called Dutton, as lodge-keeper to Sir Ed...
2. CHAPTER IIThe Cubs’ bare knees were splashed with mud as they pounded along the lane, looking out keenly for the little scraps of white paper that formed the “scent” of the hares.
3. mill. As he clambered over the wall, something made him glance at themill pool a hundred yards away. By it, in the shadow of the mill, stood the mysterious stranger, who had bicycled away half an hour ago towards Thornhurst! His head was still bo...
4. CHAPTER IIIIt was Saturday. At 2.30 the Kangaroos were coming to drag the pond. Danny had got up at 6.30 and was at the scene of yesterday’s adventures by 7.30. The tracks were still clear...
5. CHAPTER IVNight had fallen, soft and dark and still, when Danny climbed out of his little latticed window on to the roof of the porch. He could smell the honeysuckle though he could not s...
6. CHAPTER VIt was nine o’clock when Danny woke up the next day--a golden Sunday morning. At first he thought his night adventures had been a dream, and then he realised that it was all tru...
7. CHAPTER VIFour days after war was declared, on August 8th, a motor-bike dashed into the village, and from it jumped the District Commissioner. Before long, he, the Scoutmaster, and three...
8. CHAPTER VIIAnd meanwhile, what of Danny! Was he sharing in the pride and joy of the Pack, in its important work? No; Danny was not feeling very cheerful, for he was conscious that for the...
9. CHAPTER VIIIThe first thing that Danny noticed was something that had not been there before when he had explored the passage. It was something that had happened since the German had gone aw...
10. CHAPTER IXThe narrow place Danny had clambered into seemed more like a crevice than a passage. In parts the rough walls were so close together that he could only just pass. Further on, he...
11. CHAPTER XFor a few minutes Danny could do nothing but stand on the edge of the pool, in the glorious sunlight, beneath the great blue sky, and realise that he was _free_. It was like wak...
12. CHAPTER XIOutside Danny’s garden gate, an important-looking group of people were standing. In fact, they looked so important and so interesting that most of the inhabitants of the village...
13. CHAPTER XIIMeanwhile, Captain Miles and his party searched the passage in vain. The spy had vanished. Realising what might have happened, the officer sent back a party to go as quickly as...