Raftmates: A Story of the Great River
by Kirk Munroe
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Chapters (69)
- RAFTMATES
- A STORY OF THE GREAT RIVER
- KIRK MUNROE
- AUTHOR OF "DORYMATES" "CAMPMATES" "CANOEMATES" ETC.
- ILLUSTRATED
- NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1902
- CONTENTS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- "WINN DASHED AWAY WITH THE SPEED OF A DEER" . . . Frontispiece "WINN SECURED ONE END OF THE CABLE TO THAT PART OF THE BOOM RESTING AGAINST THE SNAG" "'WHY, THE RAFT HAS GONE!' EXCLAIMED ELTA" "'HOLD ON, YOUNG MAN! ONE AT A TIME IS ENOUGH'" "A BROAD STREAM OF WHEAT RUSHED OUT ON DECK" "'WATCH HIM, BIM!'" "'WHO'S THERE?' CRIED THE OLD MAN" "BILLY BRACKETT UTTERED A CRY OF AMAZEMENT" WINN'S INTRODUCTION TO SABELLA BILLY BRACKETT IS A FRIEND IN NEED "THE MULE WAS PURCHASED THAT AFTERNOON" "WITH A PRODIGIOUS LEAP HE LANDED SQUARELY ON REWARD'S HEAD" "'THE RAFT HAS GONE, AND WE ARE AFTER IT'" THE RESCUE OF SABELLA "THE NEXT INSTANT HE SPRANG TO HIS FEET WITH A CRY" "THE STRONG ARMS LIFTED HIM AS THEY WOULD A CHILD" "LIKE YOUNG TIGERS THE BOYS TUGGED AT THE HEAVY SWEEPS" "'YO' CALLIN' DAT AR PLANTASHUN MOSS BACK?' EXCLAIMED SOLON" (missing from book) "THE LANTERNS OF THE WORKING GANG GLANCING HERE AND THERE LIKE FIRE-FLIES" A REUNION OF "MATES"
- RAFT MATES.
- CHAPTER I. THE RAFT.
- CHAPTER II. WINN ASSUMES A RESPONSIBILITY.
- [Illustration: "Winn secured one end of the cable to that part of the boom resting against the snag."]
- CHAPTER III. A MUD-BESPATTERED ARRIVAL FROM CALIFORNIA.
- [Illustration: "'Why, the raft has gone!' exclaimed Elta"]
- CHAPTER IV. BILLY BRACKETT STARTS DOWN THE RIVER.
- CHAPTER V. HOW THE VOYAGE WAS BEGUN.
- CHAPTER VI. MR. GILDER AND HIS RUDE RECEPTION.
- [Illustration: "'Hold on, young man! One at a time is enough.'"]
- CHAPTER VII. A GANG OF "RIVER-TRADERS."
- CHAPTER VIII. DISAPPEARANCE OF THE RAFT.
- [Illustration: "A broad stream of wheat rushed out on the deck"]
- CHAPTER IX. ALONE ON THE ISLAND.
- CHAPTER X. A NIGHT OF STRANGE HAPPENINGS.
- CHAPTER XI. BILLY BRACKETT'S SURPRISING SITUATION.
- CHAPTER XII. THE TRAPPERS TRAPPED.
- [Illustration: "'Watch him, Bim!'"]
- CHAPTER XIII. WINN'S LONELY CRUISE.
- CHAPTER XIV. A PEAL OF GIRLISH LAUGHTER.
- [Illustration: "'Who's there?' cried the old man"]
- CHAPTER XV. "CAP'N COD," SABELLA, AND THE WHATNOT.
- CHAPTER XVI. BIM MAKES AN ENEMY.
- [Illustration: "Billy Brackett uttered a cry of amazement."]
- CHAPTER XVII. THE TRUTH, BUT NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH.
- [Illustration: Winn's introduction to Sabella.]
- CHAPTER XVIII. FOLLOWING THE TRAIL.
- CHAPTER XIX. A CURIOUS COMPLICATION.
- CHAPTER XX. BIM GROWLS.
- [Illustration: Billy Brackett is a friend in need.]
- CHAPTER XXI. EVERY ONE EXPLAINS.
- CHAPTER XXII. A "MEWEL" NAMED "REWARD."
- [Illustration: "The mule was purchased that afternoon."]
- CHAPTER XXIII. REWARD RUNS AWAY WITH THE PANORAMA.
- [Illustration: "With a prodigious leap he landed squarely on Reward's head."]
- CHAPTER XXIV. WINN DISCOVERS HIS LONG-LOST RAFT.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE RAFT AND THE SHOW-BOAT CHANGE CREWS.
- CHAPTER XXVI. A DISASTROUS COLLISION.
- [Illustration: "'The raft has gone, and we are after it.'"]
- CHAPTER XXVII. IS THIS OUR RAFT OR NOT?
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE RESCUE OF SABELLA.
- [Illustration: The rescue of Sabella.]
- CHAPTER XXIX. BIM BRINGS ABOUT A JOYFUL MEETING.
- CHAPTER XXX. IN CLOD'S CABIN.
- [Illustration: "The next instant he sprang to his feet with a cry."]
- CHAPTER XXXI. CAMPMATES TURN RAFTMATES.
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE "RIVER-TRADERS" ATTEMPT TO REGAIN POSSESSION.
- [Illustration: "The strong arms lifted him as they would a child."]
- CHAPTER XXXIII. WHERE IS BIM?
- CHAPTER XXXIV. A BLAZE ON THE RIVER.
- [Illustration: "Like young tigers the boys tugged at the heavy sweeps."]
- CHAPTER XXXV. BIM'S HEROISM.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MASTER OF MOSS BANK.
- [Illustration: "'Yo' callin' dat ar plantashun Moss Back?' exclaimed Solon" (missing from book)]
- CHAPTER XXXVII. BIM'S 'COON.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE GREAT RIVER AND ITS MISCHIEF.
- [Illustration: "The lanterns of the working gang glancing here and there like fire-flies."]
- CHAPTER XXXIX. HURLED THROUGH THE CREVASSE AND WRECKED.
- CHAPTER XL. A MEETING OF MATES.
- [Illustration: A reunion of "mates."]
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