. Tom Slade's double dare . y forest had paused here to make a last standagainst the storm which had uprooted it. So itwas that this fallen monarch, friend of the scouts,had contrived to check somewhat the mad rushof water out of their beloved lake, and had guidedfour of them to safety. CHAPTER V WIN OR LOSE THE dying mission of that noble tree suggesteda thought to Tom. The water from the lake waspouring over it, though checked somewhat by thetree and the boat. If this tree, firmly wedged inplace, could be made the nucleus of a mass ofwreckage, the flood might be effectually checked*temporari
. Tom Slade's double dare . y forest had paused here to make a last standagainst the storm which had uprooted it. So itwas that this fallen monarch, friend of the scouts,had contrived to check somewhat the mad rushof water out of their beloved lake, and had guidedfour of them to safety. CHAPTER V WIN OR LOSE THE dying mission of that noble tree suggesteda thought to Tom. The water from the lake waspouring over it, though checked somewhat by thetree and the boat. If this tree, firmly wedged inplace, could be made the nucleus of a mass ofwreckage, the flood might be effectually checked*temporarily, at least. One thing, a momentsglance at the condition of the cove showed all toocertainly what must have happened at the road-crossing. That the little rustic bridge there couldhave withstood the first overwhelming rush of theflood was quite unthinkable. Berrys garage too,perched on the edge of the hollow, must have beenswept away. And where was the lumbering old bus? That was the question now. If it had been a motor 26. THE TREE POKED ITS BRANCHES UP ULT OF THE BLACK WATER AND GUIDED THEM TO Sladts Double Dare, I>aS^ 25 THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOB, LENOX ANDT1LDBN FOUNDATIONSR L
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