Part 15 (1/2)
”Oh, sure she'll be all right, with the sail down,” added Roger
”Wonder if there are any wild aniht be an elephant or two,” answered Dave, ”or half a dozen royal Bengal tigers”
”Quit your fooling, Dave I reckon you wouldn't want to meet a bear or a wildcat any more than myself”
”No bears around here,” said the senator's son ”Might be a wildcat though, or a fox I'ood stick”
Each student provided himself with a stout stick, and then the whole crowd moved forward in the direction of the cabin in the center of the island, never drea adventure in store for them
CHAPTER X
AN ADVENTURE ON ROBBER ISLAND
The way to the lonely cabin was not an easy one There was no path, and they had to scrah thick ully, and only re in snow up to their waists
”For gracious' sake!” cried the senator's son, as he crawled out the best way he could ”I fancied the botto!”
”I reot o”
It was a clear Deceht under the leafless trees
There were a few evergreens scattered about, but not ht of snow All was intensely silent
”This ought to be lonely enough to suit anybody,” observed Henshaw He turned to Roger ”Hoould you like to coht all alone?”
”None of that for host,” said Dave, with a shosts puts o through a dark woods all alone----”
”Shadoants to get us scared,” interrupted Dave ”Oh, Shadow, I didn't think it of you! It's bad enough as it is,” he went on, in see reproach ”Don't you know this island is haunted by the man who committed suicide here?”
”A suicide, Dave?” cried the school story-teller, forgetting all about the tale he had been on the point of relating
”Sure Thathimself frohost appears”
”It's about ti fun ”Listen!
Didn't I hear a groan!”
”Must have been that,” went on Dave ”There it is again!”
”I--I didn't hear anything,” faltered Shadow He was not an excessively brave lad at the best
”It's getting pretty dark,” continued Dave ”That is when the ghost shows itself, so I've been infor over Shadow's left shoulder