Excerpts from the Book 'The Jungle Fugitives':

... his alarm increased as he perated the country. Worse than all, he said gravely, speaking of his trip, one of my bearers spoke English well, and ...
... we cannot make a decent fight in this boat.. We shall have a better chance than in the house, was the reply of the physician the bank of the ...
... At first the chances of the two were equal, but the white man was more alive to the situation. The Asiatic showed his appreciation of the situation ...
... falls or rapids, above which we cannot go with this boat.. This announcement precipitated a discussion as to what was the best course to follow. ...
... of the motionless boat. His ile showed first on one side and then, on the other, while he listened for the slightest sound that could give an atom ...
... seeing that it was useless to hold converse with the wretch. Her wish was to keep the party where they were until Jack and her father could ...
... the venerable physician and his daughter. The three pushed steadily toward Nepaul, cheered by the knowledge that with every mile passed their danger ...
... before. Had it come earlier in the day, he thought, it would help us to trace her, but now it will hide her footprints.. Hardly a score of steps ...
... who was still standing in the middle of the room, he said:. You had better sit down, for you won't find Hugh and Tom any sooner by keeping your ...
... I showed her that such an arrangement was hardly practicable, and then she fired her solid shot that pierced my ship between wind and water: 'Brother ...
... and features showed that he belonged to the same race with themselves. He advanced in a cheery, hearty way, and shaking hands with the new arrivals, ...
... A furious writhing followed, proving that the snake had been hit hard. The tire was instantly turned over flat to prevent its coming out. It struck fiercely ...
... a forest leveling the trees as though a gang of axemen had plied their tools on lines laid out by surveyors, nothing outside the track being touched ...
... that the accomplishment is so universally neglected by the other sex. It is pleasant to note, however, that swimming is growing to be popular among women, ...
... out of his bedroom window after bidding his parents good-night and, inasmuch as the lantern which I carried was not lit until we arrived at the tree, ...
... he was run through the open door, and his hat tossed after him. Then the teacher walked quietly back to his seat behind the desk on the platform, ...
... the brute. OVERREACHED. Bushrod, or Bush Wyckoff was only twelve years old when he went to work for Zeph Ashton, who was not only a crusty farmer, ...
... him. I took some credit to myself for all this, for I believed it was largely due to the common-sense I used in his early youth. The foundation was strong ...
... What earthly good is it for him to sit in his room drawing figures of machines he dreams of making, or scribbling over sheets of paper. If this ...
... rope which held the stern. The latter yielded to the strong current dashing against it, and began swinging around, so that it quickly lay parallel with ...