Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
Chapter XII: “Picked up in the Gulf Stream”
by Kirk Munroe
Sumner continues to drift into the Gulf. He is reunited with his mother and discovers the answer to the missing canoes.
Sumner continues to drift into the Gulf. He is reunited with his mother and discovers the answer to the missing canoes.
Silver is amused by Jim and confides that his men are close to mutiny. He tells Jim to play the hostage to prevent his men from attacking and then tells him that Livesey has given him the map.
A priest looks for lodging in the night and is given shelter by an old woman. She goes to gather more wood, and she tells him not to look in the back room. Curiosity gets the better of him, and he looks in the room and sees horrible things. He realizes she is the Goblin of Adachigahara, and flees. She chases him through the night, but he prays to Buddha and keeps running. Morning dawns, making the goblin disappear, and the priest is safe.
George, having recently returned from vacation, resolves to conduct himself differently in the coming year.
Mrs. Dashwood and the girls are busied with more engagements in the neighborhood than they could have expected. In all social engagements to which the Dashwoods are invited, Willoughby is invited as well; his attachment to Marianne continues to grow, but not everyone likes it.
The mysterious woman of the graveyard is revealed.
Siegfried returns home and everyone feasts.
The Sedley state is auctioned off.
Mark and Frank become best friends. They try to capture an alligator.
How three characters, Long, Broad, and Sharpsight, help a prince find his bride.
The boys and Sam send the boat off to be repaired and the mechanics find nothing seriously injured. The Go Ahead Boys decide they need to keep watch on it all night and divide shifts. George sees an intruder on his shift and they all prepare themselves for the worst.
The first chapter introduces the reader to the protagonist of the novel, Catherine Morland.
Frederic explains to Hippolita that he is destined by Heaven to do her harm. When she explains that she understands, it grieves him.
Walter stays for the inquest. He considers what must have happened on that last night of Sir Percival's life. He returns to the inn to find a letter waiting.
The other professor recites a poem about Peter and Paul.
A wolf finds a clever way to get fish for supper.
The Caterpillar tells Alice how to change her size.
Jurgis and Ona celebrate their wedding, however so little money is received from the guest that Jurgis can't pay for the reception. Jurgis vows to work harder. Jurgis and Ona's past in Lithuania is revisited.
Lorry discusses Lucie's suitors with Miss Pross. A story relayed from the Tower of London disturbs Dr. Manette.
Mr. March and Mr. Elmer go looking for the boys.
Mrs. Lincoln's debts force her to part with some of her wardrobe.
The author describes his yearning for knowledge.
"The young queen Nature, ever sweet and fair,"