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Tom Slade's Double Dare

By Percy Keese Fitzhugh

2020-10-28 20:46:34

Brief Extract: There, just below them was the springboard an inch or two above the surface of the lake. Ordinarily, it projected from the shore nearly a yard above the water, but lately, the swollen lake had risen above it. Now, however, it was visib ... Read more
Brief Extract: There, just below them was the springboard an inch or two above the surface of the lake. Ordinarily, it projected from the shore nearly a yard above the water, but lately, the swollen lake had risen above it. Now, however, it was visible again just above the surface. This meant that the water had receded more in an hour than it had risen in a whole week. The strong wind was blowing toward the pavilion and would naturally force the water up along that shore. But in spite of the wind, the water in the lake was receding at an alarming rate. Something was wrong. The little trickle from the spring up behind the camp had grown into a torrent and was pouring into the lake. Yet the water in the lake was receding. Less

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File size562.015 KB
Print pages146
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1374844926
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Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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Percy Keese Fitzhugh (September 7, 1876 – July 5, 1950) was an American author of nearly 100 books for children and young adults. Percy Keese Fitzhugh was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended ...

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