The Motor Boat Club in Florida: or, Laying the Ghost of Alligator Swamp
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Hancock Harrie Irving. The Motor Boat Club in Florida: or, Laying the Ghost of Alligator Swamp
CHAPTER I. A KINK IN THE GULF STREAM
CHAPTER II. HAM TURNS OUT TO BE A PROPHET
CHAPTER III. THE MYSTERY OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER IV “BOAT-CALL FOR THE POLICE”
CHAPTER V. TOM HAS SOME OF HIS OWN WAY
CHAPTER VI. THE ISLAND WHERE THERE WERE NO ALLIGATORS
CHAPTER VII. DODGING THE OLDEST INHABITANTS OF THE EVERGLADES
CHAPTER VIII. A CRACK SHOT AT THE GAME
CHAPTER IX. THE GHOST INVITED
CHAPTER X. THE VISITATION OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XI. TOM HAS A SPOOK HUNT OF HIS OWN
CHAPTER XII. WHAT BEFELL THE YOUNG SKIPPER
CHAPTER XIII. HENRY TREMAINE RUSHES THE VOODOO
CHAPTER XIV. TOM HALSTEAD, STRATEGIST
CHAPTER XV. THE WHOLE BAG OF GAME
CHAPTER XVI. HAM PROMISES TO BE BRAVE HEREAFTER
CHAPTER XVII. IN THE CIRCLE OF ’GATORS!
CHAPTER XVIII. A FEARFUL TWO MINUTES
CHAPTER XIX. A TRUCE, UNTIL —
CHAPTER XX. AN INNOCENT EAVESDROPPER
CHAPTER XXI. DIXON STOCK DROPS
CHAPTER XXII. KICKING WATER IN THE WAKE OF THE “BUZZARD.”
CHAPTER XXIII. DIXON’S COWARDLY ACT
CHAPTER XXIV. CONCLUSION
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“YASSUH! yassuh! Dat’s de story ’bout de Ghost ob Alligator Swamp,” declared Ham Mockus, solemnly.
It had been hard work to get the yarn out of the colored steward. The meal was over, and the howling of the wind through the rigging of the signal mast made a dismal sound that was enough to get on any timid person’s nerves. But the electric lights were turned on brilliantly in the cozy, snug little cabin of the “Restless.” All being light and warmth there, and the four passengers being in merry mood, Ham had gotten his courage together. As the two men lighted their cigars at the end of the meal, after having secured the permission of the ladies, Mr. Tremaine had pushed the cigar box toward the steward, intimating that Ham might remain and indulge in a cigar if he would tell them, truthfully and without holding back any part, the story of the ghost in question.
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“Yes; we’re in the open,” nodded Joe. “Good!”
Yet the gale, if anything, was increasing in severity. Staunch a craft as she was, the “Restless” creaked almost as though in agony. Timbers will act that way in any heavy sea.
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