. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. WE SIGHTED THE LIGHT. envelope in his pocket. He broke the seal, and the two boys sat in blankastonishment, staring at the contents. It was a check, payable to ScottCampbell, for ten thousand dollars. Scotts first thought was to return it, but he remembered the tears inthe donors eyes when he asked him to be as generous as he had beenbrave, and turning to Roy he said earnestly : It is a gift from God, to use in securing Vera Lesters rights. If youare with me, Roy, well fit out the best boat we can get, and the largest A WIL
. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. WE SIGHTED THE LIGHT. envelope in his pocket. He broke the seal, and the two boys sat in blankastonishment, staring at the contents. It was a check, payable to ScottCampbell, for ten thousand dollars. Scotts first thought was to return it, but he remembered the tears inthe donors eyes when he asked him to be as generous as he had beenbrave, and turning to Roy he said earnestly : It is a gift from God, to use in securing Vera Lesters rights. If youare with me, Roy, well fit out the best boat we can get, and the largest A WILL AND A WAY. 41 we can handle, and well follow Captain Downing to the end of theworld. Over land and sea! said Roy, grasping Scotts hand; throughArctics and Tropics, Im with you, Scott, till we find that CaptainDownino- is innocent, or force him to walk the deck as he should. So they pledged themselves for a longer, more formidable, moreexciting chase than either of them dreamed, and set themselves at onceto make their ROYS STORY IN PRINT. CHAPTER IV. CAPTAIN SARGENT, SIR. NO time was to be lost. The boys borrowed a yacht, and, putting ontheir fishing clothes, that they might look precisely what theywere, ran down the coast to the city, keeping a sharp lookout among theshipping as they entered the harbor, to see if such a craft as they wantedwas there. Do you see that steamer over there, Scott? Roy asked. Thatsthe one I brought in, night before last. Theyve unloaded her, and areworking her over to those docks there, for repairs, I guess. She wasleaking pretty bad, they said. Coming up to the wharf, Scott sat in the boat while Roy, as theacknowledged business man of the little corporation, went up to makeinquiries concerning several sloops and yachts which lay at anchor. Almost the first man he met was the captain of the steamer, whograsped his hand, and at once introduced him to the manager of the line,who had come on to attend to the disabled steamer. I was goin
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