Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida
Munroe, Kirk, 1850-1930
English
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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:
"We are sorry to learn that our esteemed fellow-townsman, Mark
Elmer, Esq., owing to delicate health, feels compelled to remove
to a warmer climate. Having disposed of his property in this
place, Mr. Elmer has purchased a plantation in Florida, upon which
he will settle immediately. As his family accompany him to this
new home in the Land of Flowers, the many school-friends and young
playmates of his interesting children will miss them sadly."
"I tell you what, Ruth," said Mark, after they had read this item
for a dozen times or more, "we are somebodies after all, and don't
you forget it. We own a plantation, we do, and have disposed of
our PROPERTY in this place."
As Mark looked from the horse-block on which he was sitting at the
little weather-beaten house, nestling in the shadow of its
glorious trees, which, with its tiny grass-plot in front, was all
the property Mr. Elmer had ever owned, he flung up his hat in
ecstasy at the idea of their being property owners, and tumbled
over backward in trying to catch it as it fell.
"What I like," said Ruth, who stood quietly beside him, "is the
part about us being interesting children, and to think that the
girls and boys at school will miss us."
"Yes, and won't they open their eyes when we write them letters
about the alligators, and the orange groves, and palm-trees, and
bread-fruit, and monkeys, and Indians, and pirates? Whoop-e-e-e!
what fun we are going to have!"
"Bread-fruit, and monkeys, and pirates, and Indians in Florida!
what are you thinking of, Mark Elmer?"
"Well, I guess 'Osceola the Seminole' lived in Florida, and it's
tropical, and pirates and monkeys are tropical too, ain't they?"
Just then the tea-bell rang, and the children ran in to take the
paper which they had been reading to their father, and to eat
their last supper in the little old house that had always been
their home.
Mr. Elmer had, for fifteen years, been cashier of the Norton Bank;
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