The Wilderness Castaways

The WILDERNESS CASTAWAYS DILLON WALLACE
THE WILDERNESS CASTAWAYS
He waited, his axe grasped in both hands
BY DILLON WALLACE AUTHOR OF “THE LURE OF THE LABRADOR WILD,” “THE LONG LABRADOR TRAIL,” “BEYOND THE MEXICAN SIERRAS,” ETC
ILLUSTRATED BY HENRY S. WATSON
CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1936
Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1913 Copyrighted in Great Britain

THE WILDERNESS CASTAWAYS
“Dan Rudd,” roared Captain Zachariah Bluntt, “if I has to tell you again to keep that mouth organ below decks, I’ll wring your neck! Yes, wring your neck! By the imps of the sea, I will!”
“Aye, aye, sir,” answered Dan Rudd, a robust, sunny-faced sailor lad of sixteen, quickly slipping the offending harmonica, upon which he had been playing a lively air, into his pocket.
Captain Bluntt, impatiently pacing the deck, was plainly in ill humor. His great red beard, standing out like a lion’s mane, bristled ominously, and his shaggy eyebrows were drawn down in an unpleasant scowl.