Bobby Blake on a Plantation; Or, Lost in the Great Swamp
sed the nearness of the tragedy that had been so narrowly averted,
ard the rustling of his wings, here they were after all alive and safe
lesson to me, as the darky said when he was about to be hanged.
ompson with emphasis. "Dry land is good enough
ow you back to Belden, eh?"
go back in style. But we'll never forget till the last day of our lives what you fellows have done
he and his two com
he said, "but they'll be good-natured fights on the bas
Bill Snath, who favored them with a malicious stare in passing and uttered the word "heroes," in a sneering tone, as he went
Bill Snath?" he demanded,
eturned Snath, snapping out the e
powder, and Fred's face b
g up to Snath, who had stopped and was
tone the more confident because he could see behind Fred's back the tall fig
red replied, and was starting to unbutton his co
rned him. "Cool off now and come
Mr. Leith came by and looked curiously at the flushed face of the boy. He said nothing h
low tone to the bully. "If you have nerve enough to come somewhe
h replied. "If you were alo
ed. "But if you like, I'll go with you alone. I've ta
you," drawled Snath, feeling perfectly
to be done or said and the boys separated, Snath sauntering toward the teacher with
s past without a nasty look or word. He's getting just
take as little notice of him as I could. If you hadn't paid any attention to what he said about heroes, he'd have thought we
aimed Fred, "and no one can do t
et away with it. But as far as we can, the best thing is to let him alone. Some time or ot
's always better to go round a skunk than take a kick at him.
the school, where they found a grou
ting along who were near
his usual good nature. "Not one of them is going to kick the b
chief rivals! That's what you call
ghed Mouser. "But I'm mighty glad they're getting along all right. If any of them had d
cornfully. "You can't hear ghosts walk. Th
boys, who had involuntarily gathered a lit
ly. "Mouser had it straight when he
aid Mouser, glad o
All the books I ever read say that they don't make any noise. You can't bear them
r seemed not to b
ght," he asserted wi
ve it?" demanded
om the others. "Prove it,
g the challenge. "I know that ghosts