. Tom Slade on the river . 210 TOM SLADE ON THE RIVER freckled scout presently reappeared aloneclimbing up the precipitous slope. You dont suppose hes going to try toclimb that, do you? Mr. Ellsworth queriedas he watched. Looks that way/3 said Connie. Wonder where the other fellow is. The other scout did not appear, and theywatched the agile form as it scrambled up thealmost sheer face of the mountain. The sun-light was falling upon the dull face of rockand touching the sparse vegetation with itsbright glow, and they recognized the boyclearly now, even to his red hair which shonewhen it caught
. Tom Slade on the river . 210 TOM SLADE ON THE RIVER freckled scout presently reappeared aloneclimbing up the precipitous slope. You dont suppose hes going to try toclimb that, do you? Mr. Ellsworth queriedas he watched. Looks that way/3 said Connie. Wonder where the other fellow is. The other scout did not appear, and theywatched the agile form as it scrambled up thealmost sheer face of the mountain. The sun-light was falling upon the dull face of rockand touching the sparse vegetation with itsbright glow, and they recognized the boyclearly now, even to his red hair which shonewhen it caught the rays of the sun. Well—thats—some stunt! exclaimedGarry, in amazement. Do you suppose theircamp is up there? They ought to call themselves the Eagles,if it is, said Roy. Watch him/3 called Tom from the otherboat. The eyes of the whole troop were upon thenimble figure as it worked its way upward,now scrambling, now climbing among trees,now going zigzag over a precipitous area. Some monkey, hey? called Garry, to the. THE KVKS OF THE WHOLE TROOP WERE UPON THE NIMBLE FIGURE AS IT WORKED ITS WAY UPWARD. pafe 210. THE NEW TORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AffTOB. LENOX ANDTILDBN fOUNDATIONS R THE TRAGIC ADVENTURE 211 boys in the smaller boat, where Harry Stan-ton watched, fascinated. Some scout, all right, one of the OCon-nor boys called back. Thats a most amazing feat/3 said thescoutmaster, watching with the glass. Soon the agile form, verging to right orleft to follow a path of less resistance andsometimes pausing to use his brains as a scoutshould, had reached a little clump of freakishtrees, growing out of rock, and for a few mo-ments he was hidden from the distantwatchers. They had shut off the power of both boatsand lay drifting. A scout is brother to everyother scout, and I dare say the whole partytook a pride in the scout who dared attempt sohazardous an undertaking. I could see it in his face/3 Tom said. Sherlock Nobody Holmes again, calledRoy from the other boat. Presently, the s
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