The Border Boys Along the St. Lawrence
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Goldfrap John Henry. The Border Boys Along the St. Lawrence
CHAPTER I. THROUGH THE RAPIDS
CHAPTER II. A CLOSE SHAVE
CHAPTER III. THE MYSTERIOUS GRAY NIGHT CRAFT
CHAPTER IV. ON THE TRAIL OF THE GHOST CRAFT
CHAPTER V. DOWN TO MONTREAL
CHAPTER VI. HOMEWARD BOUND
CHAPTER VII. RUN DOWN
CHAPTER VIII. A MISLEADING LIGHT
CHAPTER IX. ADRIFT AT NIGHT
CHAPTER X. ON WINDMILL ISLAND
CHAPTER XI. RALPH INVESTIGATES THE EXPLOSION
CHAPTER XII. SAVED FROM THE RUINS
CHAPTER XIII. A RACE FOR THE DOCTOR
CHAPTER XIV. HARRY HEARS A NOISE IN THE BUSHES
CHAPTER XV. CROSS PURPOSES
CHAPTER XVI. HARRY PLAYS DETECTIVE
CHAPTER XVII. A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER XVIII. THE THREE CONSPIRATORS
CHAPTER XIX. RALPH GETS A TELEGRAM
CHAPTER XX. THINKING THINGS OUT
CHAPTER XXI. A BIG SURPRISE
CHAPTER XXII “NOT JUST YET, STETSON!”
CHAPTER XXIII. THE MISSING BOAT
CHAPTER XXIV. IN THE GRIP OF THE STORM
CHAPTER XXV. LA RUE’S WILD LEAP
CHAPTER XXVI. LOOKING FOR THEIR CHUM
CHAPTER XXVII. A DAZZLING DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXVIII. CHECKMATED
CHAPTER XXIX. A HERMIT OF THE ST. LAWRENCE
CHAPTER XXX. THE STOLEN SKIFF
CHAPTER XXXI. AFLOAT AGAIN!
CHAPTER XXXII. A JOYOUS MEETING
CHAPTER XXXIII. OFF ON THE CHASE
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE
CHAPTER XXXV. HANDS UP!
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As Malvin had said, the river was lower by a foot or more than it had been earlier in the summer. The Gallops were worse than Ralph had hitherto seen them. In going up the river to the town that afternoon their course had lain on the Canadian side, for it was impossible for any craft to ascend the rapids, no matter how powerfully engined. Therefore, Ralph had had no previous notion of the wildness of the waters which were now hurtling the River Swallow forward like a stone out of a sling. Had he known what effect the drop in the river would have had upon the swirling waters, it is likely that he would have taken to the Canadian side on the return trip. But the voyage through the rapids, as has been said, always exhilarated him; and, besides, it was growing late, and the passage through the Gallops shortened the trip to Dexter Island materially.
“Malvin!” called Ralph sharply.
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It was true. Out of the grasp of the rapids a boy’s skill had snatched victory against what had appeared to be overwhelming odds.
The Gallops roared and screamed and threatened in a thousand voices. They danced and leaped like white teeth defrauded of their expected prey. For that time at least they were to be cheated of a harvest of disaster to which, in the years gone by, they had become accustomed as a regular toll on the part of those who braved their fangs.
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