The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot
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Ellis Edward Sylvester. The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot
CHAPTER I. Between Two Fires
CHAPTER II. Lively Times
CHAPTER III. Mike Murphy
CHAPTER IV. A Loan to Captain Landon
CHAPTER V. A Motor Boat
CHAPTER VI. Captain and Crew
CHAPTER VII. One August Day
CHAPTER VIII. A Passing Glimpse
CHAPTER IX. No Man's Land
CHAPTER X. The Lure of Gold
CHAPTER XI. A Missing Motor Boat
CHAPTER XII. In the Telegraph Office
CHAPTER XIII. A Slight Mistake
CHAPTER XIV. A Friend in Need
CHAPTER XV. A Glimpse of Something
CHAPTER XVI. On Barter Island
CHAPTER XVII. The Man in Gray
CHAPTER XVIII. At the Inlet
CHAPTER XIX. Not Near Either Bank
CHAPTER XX. A Disappointment
CHAPTER XXI. A Telegram
CHAPTER XXII. Found
CHAPTER XXIII. Captain and Mate
CHAPTER XXIV "This Is Where I Stop"
CHAPTER XXV. Good News
CHAPTER XXVI. Disquieting News
CHAPTER XXVII. An Alarming Fact
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Cry Across the Waters
CHAPTER XXIX. Marooned
CHAPTER XXX. A New England Home Coming
CHAPTER XXXI. The Man in Gray
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As Alvin Landon drew near the open country he gave his thoughts wholly to the two strangers in front, ceasing to look back or listen for the one at the rear. The keen eyes strove to penetrate the silent gloom on his right and left, but they saw nothing. Probably fifty feet intervened between him and the full flood of moonlight, when, with more startling effect than that caused by the hooting of the owl, a sepulchral voice sounded through the stillness:
"Hold on there, pard!"
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His victim seemed to be in doubt and slowly came to his feet still whining:
"We didn't know it was you; it was a mistake."
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