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The waves were tossing like white-crested monsters seeking to devour them.
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Thunder rolled and crashed. Lightning flickered across the gray void and rent the dark sky in livid streaks.
The waves were tossing like white-crested monsters seeking to devour them.
Frank peered through the raging gale and he could vaguely discern the city lying ahead. A few lights were twinkling feebly, for the storm brought the darkness of twilight with it.
“Little boys should be seen and not heard,” grunted Aunt Gertrude, glaring at him over the tops of her spectacles.
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“What’s the matter?” asked Frank.
“Little boys should be seen and not heard,” grunted Aunt Gertrude, glaring at him over the tops of her spectacles.
“I sent a telegram to your father, telling him about the letter,” their mother explained. “I think he should know about it. And, besides, I’ve been worrying because he hasn’t written.”
“Worry is unhealthy. Worry has sent more people to their graves than anything else. Look at me. I never worry. That’s why I’m so healthy. I’ll live to be a hundred.”
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“Of course we won’t worry about it!” declared Aunt Gertrude.
“Worry is unhealthy. Worry has sent more people to their graves than anything else. Look at me. I never worry. That’s why I’m so healthy. I’ll live to be a hundred.”
“Yes, it would take quite a lot to kill you, Aunt Gertrude,” agreed Frank innocently.
It was a fit abode for serpents—not for human beings.
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Blacksnake Island was not an inviting place. It lived up to its name.
It was a fit abode for serpents—not for human beings.
When they were within half a mile of the island, they heard a vague but familiar sound.
“The reason he didn’t get it,” he said, slowly and triumphantly, “is because we’ve got him.”
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The newcomer paused and smiled.
“The reason he didn’t get it,” he said, slowly and triumphantly, “is because we’ve got him.”
“Where?”
Blacksnake Island, in all its sinister ugliness, simmered in the morning heat.
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Two hours passed. The sun rose higher in the sky.
Blacksnake Island, in all its sinister ugliness, simmered in the morning heat.
There was no further sign of life from the shore. Although the boys in the motorboat did not know it, the boulders behind which Chet and Biff had been carried hid the trail up to the grove and thence to the cave in the rocks.
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IV: The Send-Off
The waves were tossing like white-crested monsters seeking to devour them.
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Thunder rolled and crashed. Lightning flickered across the gray void and rent the dark sky in livid streaks.
The waves were tossing like white-crested monsters seeking to devour them.
Frank peered through the raging gale and he could vaguely discern the city lying ahead. A few lights were twinkling feebly, for the storm brought the darkness of twilight with it.
VI: Missing
Aunt Gertrude was formidable. Her word was law.
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Then she would install herself in the guest room and proceed to manage the household until the hour of her departure.
Aunt Gertrude was formidable. Her word was law.
And, because she was possessed of a small fortune and a sharp tongue, none dared offend her. Relatives had discovered that the best plan was to suffer her visits in silence and pray for her speedy departure.
VIII: The Strange Letter
Aunt Gertrude could smell bad news a mile away, Frank often said.
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“Ha!” she exclaimed, holding a letter up to the light. “Here’s a letter addressed to Fenton Hardy. Bad news in it, I’ll be bound.”
Aunt Gertrude could smell bad news a mile away, Frank often said.
“Bad news in it. I can tell. I dreamed about haystacks last night. Haystacks! Whenever I dream about haystacks it means bad news. I never knew it to fail. Open the letter, Laura.”
IX: Blacksnake Island
“Little boys should be seen and not heard,” grunted Aunt Gertrude, glaring at him over the tops of her spectacles.
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“What’s the matter?” asked Frank.
“Little boys should be seen and not heard,” grunted Aunt Gertrude, glaring at him over the tops of her spectacles.
“I sent a telegram to your father, telling him about the letter,” their mother explained. “I think he should know about it. And, besides, I’ve been worrying because he hasn’t written.”
“Worry is unhealthy. Worry has sent more people to their graves than anything else. Look at me. I never worry. That’s why I’m so healthy. I’ll live to be a hundred.”
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“Of course we won’t worry about it!” declared Aunt Gertrude.
“Worry is unhealthy. Worry has sent more people to their graves than anything else. Look at me. I never worry. That’s why I’m so healthy. I’ll live to be a hundred.”
“Yes, it would take quite a lot to kill you, Aunt Gertrude,” agreed Frank innocently.
“Yes, it would take quite a lot to kill you, Aunt Gertrude,” agreed Frank innocently.
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“Of course we won’t worry about it!” declared Aunt Gertrude. “Worry is unhealthy. Worry has sent more people to their graves than anything else. Look at me. I never worry. That’s why I’m so healthy. I’ll live to be a hundred.”
“Yes, it would take quite a lot to kill you, Aunt Gertrude,” agreed Frank innocently.
Aunt Gertrude looked up at him suspiciously.
XI: The Island
It was a fit abode for serpents—not for human beings.
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Blacksnake Island was not an inviting place. It lived up to its name.
It was a fit abode for serpents—not for human beings.
When they were within half a mile of the island, they heard a vague but familiar sound.
XV: A Startling Announcement
“The reason he didn’t get it,” he said, slowly and triumphantly, “is because we’ve got him.”
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The newcomer paused and smiled.
“The reason he didn’t get it,” he said, slowly and triumphantly, “is because we’ve got him.”
“Where?”
XXII: The Chase
Blacksnake Island, in all its sinister ugliness, simmered in the morning heat.
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Two hours passed. The sun rose higher in the sky.
Blacksnake Island, in all its sinister ugliness, simmered in the morning heat.
There was no further sign of life from the shore. Although the boys in the motorboat did not know it, the boulders behind which Chet and Biff had been carried hid the trail up to the grove and thence to the cave in the rocks.
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