The Search for the Silver City

y the exact date, Teddy Wright was not only a very lonel

to slightingly as "the barracks," and as a reward for the flattering reports sent home by his teachers, had been

e fashionable watering places; but with three long months of "roughing it"

sisters expressed surprise at his choice. "We shall regularly camp out, and father has given me a doubled-barreled breech-loader, to say nothing of h

found that young gentleman so ill that there was no hope

n returned home to the house which had been left in charge of one servant, and, as h

nteen is prone to foolish deeds, and there he stayed in a frame of mind very nearly approaching the s

o spend his vacation at home where he could enjoy the use of a small

o visit Bridgeport, since his trip to the Adirondacks had b

He proposes to cruise around three or four weeks while mother is at Bar Harbor, and is perfectly willing I should invite you

ay afternoon, therefore Teddy had

he substance of what Neal had written, and asked permiss

ill-humor having vanished, for a cruise on a steam yacht promised quite as great pleasure as had the stay in the woods, with not so much certainty of hard work. Neal met him at the depot, and aft

eciate the beauty of the little craft while she swung lazily to and fro at her cable

in's boat, and the boys went on board where, during the remainder of

her side, and in one of these Neal had already stored su

ish as to carry your baggage up to the house. If it was with us we would

it down," Teddy replied with a laugh. "I

hall feel more at home

the sailors instructed to remain

do, and having received permission to occupy the quarters slightly in advance of sailing tim

years," Teddy said as he threw hi

long the cruise would really last it is very ce

the season, take mother with us, and not come

dy replied, his eyes glistening with pleasur

. He has already promised that if nothi

before us the jolly fact that

in below where it is so warm. Come on deck for awhi

r the awning aft, and Neal introduc

yachting before, not e

n twenty-five years of age, gazed at the visitor cu

h the ocean means, for I understand that Mr. Emery is goi

ssary to attend to not later than next fall, so i

, realizing for the first time that it was more than po

ill kick up her heels enough to show something of what is meant by a l

d the boys remained aft recalling to mind all

art as soon as the owner should arrive, and when the steward sum