Raftmates

About this eBook

Author

Munroe, Kirk, 1850-1930

Title

Raftmates: A Story of the Great River

Credits

E-text prepared by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Mississippi River -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19303

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19303

Release Date

September 16, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.[Frontispiece: "Winn dashed away with the speed of a deer."] — RAFTMATES
2. 2.A STORY OF THE GREAT RIVER — BY
3. 3.KIRK MUNROE — AUTHOR OF "DORYMATES" "CAMPMATES" "CANOEMATES" ETC. — ILLUSTRATED — NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1902
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.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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