CANOEMATES. A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades. by KIRK MUNROE   HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON Copyright, 1892, by HARPER & BROTHERS. All rights reserved.

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Sumner at Home

CONTENTS.  CHAPTER PAGE       I. IN THE FAR SOUTH 1 II. THREE CANOES, AND THE FATE OF ONE 8 III. SUMNER RECEIVES A SECOND OFFER 18 IV. TEACHING A THIEF A LESSON 26 V. THE GREAT FLORIDA REEF 33 VI. PINEAPPLES AND SPONGES 41 VII. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CANOES 49 VIII. LIFE ON THE LONELY ISLAND 57 IX. THE NOCTURNAL VISITOR 64 X. WHOSE ARE THEY ? AND WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? 73 XI. SUMNER DRIFTS AWAY ON A RAFT 80 XII. PICKED UP IN THE GULF STREAM 89 XIII. A MYSTERY OF THE REEF 96 XIV. WORTH AND QUORUM ARE MISSING 105 XV. WORTH AND QUORUM IN SEARCH OF SUMNER 112 XVI. A NIGHT IN ALLIGATOR LIGHT 121 XVII. AN ENTERTAINMENT ON THE KEY 128 XVIII. OFF FOR THE EVERGLADES. 137 XIX. THE CANOES ARE AGAIN LOST, AND AGAIN FOUND 145 XX. THE PSYCHE AS A LIFE-BOAT 153 XXI. SUMNER'S SELF-SACRIFICE. 160 XXII. GOOD-BYE TO THE TRANSIT 168 XXIII. WORTH MEETS A PANTHER 175 XXIV. RATTLESNAKES AND RIFLE-SHOTS 184 XXV. WORTH'S LONELY NIGHT-WATCH 192 XXVI. THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES 201 XXVII. A PREHISTORIC EVERGLADE MOUND 209 XXVIII. WHAT BECAME OF QUORUM AND THE CANOES 218 XXIX. A VERY SERIOUS PREDICAMENT 226 XXX. QUORUM AS AN AMBASSADOR. 234 XXXI. A CLOSELY GUARDED CAMP 242 XXXII. CROSSING THE 'GLADES WITHOUT SEEING THEM 250 XXXIII. AN ADVENTUROUS DEER-HUNT 258 XXXIV. HEMMED IN BY A FOREST FIRE 266 XXXV. THE BOYS IN A SEMINOLE CAMP 275 XXXVI. ONE OF THE RAREST ANIMALS IN THE WORLD 284 XXXVII. FISHING FOR SHARKS 292 XXXVIII. LITTLE KO-WIK-A SAILS OUT TO SEA 301 XXXIX. A BLACK SQUALL AND THE STRANDED STEAMER 308 XL. THE HAPPY ENDING OF THE CRUISE 317  ILLUSTRATIONS.       SUMNER AT HOME. Frontispiece       Facing page: WITH THE NEXT SEND OF THE SEA THE CANVAS CANOE WAS CRUSHED BENEATH THE PONDEROUS BOWS. 18 HE RETURNED TO THE BUOY, ON WHICH THE RECENT FUGITIVE WAS NOW SITTING. 30 THE CUPID AND PSYCHE START ON THEIR CRUISE. 32 TORCH-FISHING FOR MULLET. 40 THE CANOES ARE GONE. 48 'SOME ONE WAS TRYING TO PULL MY GUN AWAY.' 64 THE LATTER WAS ROLLING ON THE GROUND AT THE FOOT OF A COCOANUT TREE. 68 A GREAT DISCOVERY. 78 QUORUM IS HAPPY. 84 TWO PAIRS OF POWERFUL ARMS DRAGGED HIM INTO THE BOAT. 94 AS HE STEPPED ASHORE A PLEASANT-FACED YOUNG MAN ADVANCED TO MEET HIM. 108 QUORUM RESIGNS HIMSELF TO FATE. 126 QUORUM DANCES A BREAKDOWN. 136 HE FOUND RUST NORRIS CROUCHING IN THE LEE OF THE LITTLE DECK-HOUSE. 158 REPAIRING THE "PUNKIN SEED". 168 A VOLLEY OF RIFLE SHOTS FLASHED AND ROARED FROM THE FOREST. 188 ROUGH-LOOKING CHARACTERS, WHOM HE AT ONCE RECOGNIZED AS SOUTH FLORIDA COWBOYS. 200 HIS WRISTS WERE UNBOUND, AND THE CLOTH THAT ENVELOPED HIS HEAD WAS SNATCHED FROM IT. 220 DIRECTLY AFTERWARDS A CANOE APPEARED AT THE OPENING IN THE BUSHES. 240 THEY WERE SUDDENLY CONFRONTED BY AN INDIAN ARMED WITH A RIFLE. 248 THE ORDEAL OF FIRE LASTED BUT A MINUTE. 272 SUMNER AND WORTH IN THE SEMINOLE CAMP. 282 SUMNER RESCUES KO-WIK-A. 310 THE SURPRISE AND DELIGHT OF THE TWO GENTLEMEN CAN BETTER BE IMAGINED THAN DESCRIBED. 322 © 2000-2001 Craig O'Donnell May not be reproduced without my permission.