The Motor Boys After a Fortune
, Andy?" asked Jer
more about i
ar any great excitement," and he paused a moment to listen if he could catch the roar of rushing waters. But there
Old Pete Bumps told me-said it was the dam-t
it can't be so bad," returned Bob Baker. "Pete always make
ward a side street, through which could be had a glimpse of a thoroughfare parallel to the one on which our friends were, both extend
nothing but running, and wondering what has happened, I will take the opportunity to tell you so
ycles, and then an automobile in which they had many adventures. They took a long trip overland, got possession of a gold mine, and later went to
getting a fine craft. In the volume named, "The Motor Boys Afloat," is told how the lads cruised in
tlantic, during which they solved the mystery of the lighthouse, and,
turned their attention to the other ocean, the Pacific
tor boys could be kept from this field of activity, and with the assistance of an old balloonist of experience, Rupert Glassford, Bob, Ned and Jerry built a motorship. In the book cal
y succeeded in rescuing from mid-air a certain Mr. Jackson, who was trying out a new kind of balloon. He an
the bank robbers, and recovered the stolen money. They had been home from this trip some l
fat lad, was the son of Mr. Andrew Baker, a well-known banker. Ned Slade's father was Aaron Slade, a wealthy department store owner, while Jer
ut the motor boys generally managed to get the best of Noddy in the end. In this they were sometimes aided by Andy Rush, the exc
often the professor would do odd things for the sake of getting a choice insect or reptile. He was a great friend of the boys, and often visited them at their houses. He had spent some time with Mr. Slade, who was one of the trustees of the college to whic
appened, anyhow?" asked Ned,
ad's answer, "and that, in spite of the fact that you've u
er. They could see that something out of the ordinary was taking place, but the stream did n
t, or we'd hear the roar
d see 'em, to
Andy. "Maybe the bottom dropped out of the river-water may be
Stop, or you'll burst!
he cried, "there goes one house, anyhow," and he
. "It's a boathouse, to
ain one. This little stream had been dammed up, to provide a flow of water for an old-fashioned iron mill that used a turbine wheel. Part of this
loyees from the mill were endeavoring to repair the break in the dam, by
erry as he took in the scene. "I thought you s
s were being carrie
, anyhow," declared the small, excit
Nixon's boathouse. It's been washed aw
the water, anyhow, and the piles it stood on weren't much bigger than clothes po
mill dam, and, naturally, when the rush of waters came, the structure was carried away, for it was not
o save that boath
isn't worth an awful lot, and it will be wor
aimed Ned. "Some one
the same time a cry arose fr
ouse!" was the shout
man!" ye
y himself!
een. It was that of Noddy, as Bob had said, and the bully who had been endeavoring, by mean
ted Ned. "The current's got him now, a
hile?" asked Bob. "I did
n on the other side, ou
rushing up and down, calli
p! H
n them soon, and they're dangerous with the water as hi
wim ashore while he has the chance. Otherwis
ed over the jagged rocks, about a mile below town, they formed eddies and whirlpools that w
torn away by the waters, was rapidly drifting. The
m as
oat and
mp
him a
he paid no heed to them, continuing to race up and down
be done to help him," rem
ddy Nixon, and he's been pret
up the stream. It was where the boys kept their craft, and was above the point whe
owly. "Nobody else seems to have sense enough to d
ed Mr. Snodgrass, for he knew th
d sprung a leak," explained Andy Rush, who had cool
chine of our heroes was across the rive
Nixon, we'd better be getting a move
e work of but a few minutes to unchain the motor boat, run it out into the stream, start the engin
ur heroes start out. "The motor boys to the
his boathouse careened dangerously,
as he looked over the side of the boat. They were oppos
saw a large portion of it slip into the water. The men on top,
out for us saving Noddy!" cried Jerry
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