WAKULLA

A STORY OF ADVENTURE IN FLORIDA

BY KIRK MUNROE

CONTENTS

I. [PREPARING TO LEAVE THE OLD HOME]
II. [THE SCHOONER "NANCY BELL"]
III. ["CAPTAIN LI'S" STORY]
IV. [A WRECK ON THE FLORIDA REEF]
V. [MARK AND RUTH ATTEND AN AUCTION]
VI. [A QUEER CHRISTMAS DAY]
VII. [ARRIVAL AT THE NEW HOME]
VIII. [THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL AND MORE MYSTERIES]
IX. [MARK DISCOVERS THE GHOST AND FINDS HIM IN A TRYING POSITION]
X. [A RUNAWAY'S STORY, AND ITS HAPPY ENDING]
XI. ["THE ELMER MILL AND FERRY COMPANY"]
XII. [THE GREAT MILL PICNIC]
XIII. [FIGHTING A FOREST FIRE]
XIV. [HOW THE BOYS CAUGHT AN ALLIGATOR]
XV. [A FIRE HUNT, AND MARK'S DISAPPEARANCE]
XVI. [BURIED IN AN UNDERGROUND RIVER]
XVII. [TWO LETTERS AND A JOURNEY]
XVIII. [THE BURNING OF THE "WILDFIRE"]
XIX. [UNCLE CHRISTOPHER'S "GREAT SCHEME"]
XX. [EDNA MAY MARCH]

WAKULLA

CHAPTER I.

PREPARING TO LEAVE THE OLD HOME.

Over and over again had Mark and Ruth Elmer read this paragraph, which appeared among the "Norton Items" of the weekly paper published in a neighboring town: