Category: Adventure
I—JOHN TUCKERMAN COMES TO BARMOUTH II—COTTERELL'S ISLAND III—BEN AND DAVID MAKE A DISCOVERY IV—VISITORS V—THE MAHOGANY MAN VI—THE CLIPPER SHIP VII—THE TIGERS PLAY CAMP AMOUSSOCK VIII—THE CANOE IX—THE CHEST IN THE ROCKS X—LIGHTS ON THE ISLAND XI—THE MAN IN GREEN XII—THE ADVENTU...
With the rug they returned to the car. As they drove on again Fitzhugh said, “They used to tell me, when I was a small boy, that you could take one egg from a nest, and if there...
5. Part 5Ben had a good imagination, and it led him to see Sampson as a servant of Sir Peter Cotterell, a faithful serving-man, who always did what his master told him. When the men of B...
13. Part 13The man at the head of the table smiled. “I’m glad to hear you say that, John Tuckerman,” he responded. “For, in a way, I felt that to-night I’d been usurping a place that was r...
9. Part 9“He wanted to have a look at the boat,” said Sam. “In fact he was so set on having a look at her that I just had to invite him aboard.”
11. Part 11On the waterfront they encountered a man—he had been a sea-captain in his day—smoking a pipe and regarding the lights of the harbor. He knew the boys. “Hello, Tom,” he said, “I...
10. Part 10Ben smiled. “They’re not professional actors. They’re doing a play that Mr. Fitzhugh wrote for the moving-pictures, and they like their costumes so much they keep them on most o...
2. Part 2“Poor old chap!” said Tuckerman. “I can’t help feeling dreadfully sorry for him. Think what a good time he could have had in his big house. Why, in the old days it was one of th...
12. Part 12There was an old musket in the corner of the attic; there were two, in fact; and a fowling-piece and a couple of antique duelling-pistols. The boys and Tuckerman seized on all t...
7. Part 7Tuckerman looked askance at the little craft bobbing up and down in the wake of the _Argo_. “Any canoe’s unsteady enough for me to upset in, I guess. However, I like Ben’s idea....
6. Part 6Ahead of them, an eighth of a mile from shore, a cockleshell craft was dancing over the waves. There were two people in it, one at either end, and each was paddling fast.
3. Part 3“Ah, just you wait till our Benjie gets busy,” said David, waving his finger wisely. “There’s the bright lad for you. While you two pottered about those gigantic bedsteads and c...
4. Part 4Ben gave a whoop. “Look out there!” Lithe as an eel, and seemingly made of rubber, he sprang from the rock, turned a somersault, and shot smoothly into the water. He reappeared,...
1. Part 1I—JOHN TUCKERMAN COMES TO BARMOUTH II—COTTERELL'S ISLAND III—BEN AND DAVID MAKE A DISCOVERY IV—VISITORS V—THE MAHOGANY MAN VI—THE CLIPPER SHIP VII—THE TIGERS PLAY CAMP AMOUSSOCK...
14. Part 14“If it hadn’t been for my following the snuffbox,” Ben spoke up, “Joseph Hastings wouldn’t have come out here and given his party; and if he hadn’t given his party and told us t...