ILLUSTRATIONS
| “Over it went, carrying the boys with it” (p. [297]) | [ Frontispiece] |
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| “Stay where you are!” | [ 47] |
| A big mass of dirt came down | [ 80] |
| “I’ve got it,” he muttered | [ 142] |
| “You have some baggage, that bag. I shall hold it.” | [ 173] |
| “I heard something, what was it?” | [ 203] |
| “Take it off, do!” | [ 249] |
| “Help! Save me!” screamed the unfortunate youth | [ 291] |
LOST ON THE ORINOCO
CHAPTER I
THE BOYS TALK IT OVER
“Hurrah, Mark, it’s settled at last.”
“What is settled, Frank?”
“We are to go to Venezuela and other places in South America. My father just got the word from Professor Strong. I brought the letter along for you to read.”
“That’s certainly immense news,” remarked Mark Robertson, as he took the letter which Frank Newton held out to him. “Does he say how soon he will be able to start?”
“Just as soon as he can settle up affairs at Lakeview Academy. I suppose he’s got quite something to do there yet. But we can hurry him along, can’t we?”
“I don’t think you’ll hurry the professor much,” answered Mark, as he began to read the communication which had been passed to him. “He’s one of the kind that is slow but sure—not but that he can move quick enough, when you least expect it.”