Category: Adventure
"Search me," his companion, a tall lanky boy of about the same age, who was sitting in the stern, replied. "Gas's all right, spark's all right, everything's all right and still she won't go. Can you beat it?"
"That all depends," Bob replied slowly. "So far as brute strength is concerned any one of them could probably handle two of us, but as a rule they don't know much about either b...
6. CHAPTER VI.They made quick work of washing the few dishes they had used and in rolling the packs, and in less than twenty minutes they were ready to push off. Their way led up the little s...
8. CHAPTER VIII."Well, you sure did give us a good scare," Jack declared, as he shook his friend's hand and threw himself down on the ground by his side. "Tell us all about it."
13. CHAPTER XIII.Outside it was as dark as the proverbial pocket. For a moment Bob stood still and listened. A slight murmur as the tree tops swayed in the light wind was all the sound that reac...
4. CHAPTER IV.While they were waiting for dinner they arranged for the loan of canoe telling the storekeeper that they were going up the Allagash. By the time dinner was ready they had their...
11. CHAPTER XI.It was so dark where they stood that they could scarcely see each other when standing close together, but Kernertok told them that the cabin was only a few yards from them.
7. CHAPTER VII.Bob was the first to get back to the camp. He had, in the three hours, covered nearly ten miles, he thought. He had called Rex's name till he was hoarse, but only the echo of th...
12. CHAPTER XII.Bob jumped to Rex's side and looked out the little window just in time to see the three men running toward the cabin with a log nearly ten feet long, and as big around as his leg.
10. CHAPTER X."Unless I'm mistaken, that lake we're after is not very far from here, and believe me, we're going to make it if it's a possible thing, after coming this far. If he's there he'l...
5. CHAPTER V.Yes, there it was again. A shrill cry far away sounding like a young child in pain. He listened to see if the cry had disturbed any of the others but everything was perfectly st...
3. CHAPTER III.Their car was waiting at the station platform and it was only a few minutes' ride to their home, so in less than twenty minutes from the time the train had pulled in they were s...
1. CHAPTER I."Search me," his companion, a tall lanky boy of about the same age, who was sitting in the stern, replied. "Gas's all right, spark's all right, everything's all right and still...
2. CHAPTER II."Now my idea is to take short pieces of rope and to tie as large a rock as we can handle to each of them. Then we can hang them over the barrel until she begins to sink."