THE NEXT MOMENT SOME ONE WAS SEEN HOLDING A LAMP IN HIS HAND
OR
THE RIGHT PATH AND THE WRONG
BY
EDWARD S. ELLIS, A. M.
Author of “True to His Trust,”
“Among the Esquimaux,” etc.
THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA MDCCCXCVIII
Copyright 1893
by The Penn Publishing Company
CONTENTS
II. How the Scheme Worked
III. A Startling Occurrence
IV. The Runaways
V. The Way of the Transgressor
VI. Sowing Seed
VII. One Afternoon in Autumn
VIII. Fellow-Passengers
IX. Dick Halliard
X. A Startling Summons
XI. No Joke
XII. The Victim of a Mistake
XIII. Adrift in the Swamp
XIV. Host and Guests
XV. The Forest Path
XVI. The Plotters
XVII. A Brave Exploit
XVIII. An Act of Forgetfulness
XIX. An Error of Judgment
XX. The Baying of a Hound
XXI. “Help! Help!”
XXII. Hot Quarters
XXIII. A Brilliant Shot
XXIV. Suspicious Footprints
XXV. Up a Tree
XXVI. Hunting the Hunters
XXVII. A Race for Life
XXVIII. A Cry from the Darkness
XXIX. A Sad Discovery
XXX. A Friend Indeed
XXXI. Dick Halliard Is Astounded
XXXII. How It Happened
XXXIII. Conclusion
THE CAMPERS OUT
CHAPTER I—THE PLOTTERS
Jim McGovern was poring over his lesson one afternoon in the Ashtonpublic school, perplexed by the thought that unless he mastered theproblem on which he was engaged he would be kept after the dismissalof the rest, when he was startled by the fall of a twisted piece ofpaper on his slate.
He looked around to learn its starting point, when he observed TomWagstaff, who was seated on the other side of the room, peeping overthe top of his book at him. Tom gave a wink which said plainly enoughthat it was he who had flipped the message so dexterously across theinterv