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  WHAT HAPPENED AT QUASI

  THE STORY OF A CAROLINA CRUISE

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  BY

  GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON

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  AS TOM TUGGED HARD AT ONE OF THE LARGER ROOTS, THE KEGSUDDENLY FELL TO PIECES.—_Page 353._]

  WHAT HAPPENED AT QUASI

  THE STORY OF A CAROLINA CRUISE

  BY

  GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON

  ILLUSTRATED BY H. C. EDWARDS

 

  BOSTON

  LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

  Published, April, 1911

  Copyright, 1911 BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

  _All rights reserved_

  WHAT HAPPENED AT QUASI

  NORWOOD PRESS BERWICK & SMITH CO. NORWOOD, MASS. U. S. A.

  I INSCRIBE THIS STORY WITH AFFECTION TO

 

  GEORGE DUNN EGGLESTON

  MY GRANDSON, IN THE BELIEF THAT WHEN HE GROWS OLD ENOUGH HE WILL WANT TO KNOW “WHAT HAPPENED AT QUASI,” AND WILL READ THE BOOK BY WAY OF FINDING OUT

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. INTERSTATE CHUMMING 3

  II. THE STORY OF QUASI 15

  III. A PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO CIRCUMSTANCES 25

  IV. TOM FIGHTS IT OUT 30

  V. A RATHER BAD NIGHT 39

  VI. A LITTLE SPORT BY THE WAY 54

  VII. AN ENEMY IN CAMP 67

  VIII. CAL BEGINS TO DO THINGS 76

  IX. A FANCY SHOT 89

  X. TOM’S DISCOVERIES 97

  XI. PERILOUS SPYING 108

  XII. TOM’S DARING VENTURE 119

  XIII. CAL’S EXPERIENCE AS THE PRODIGAL SON 135

  XIV. CAL RELATES A FABLE 149

  XV. CAL GATHERS THE MANNA 156

  XVI. FOG-BOUND 164

  XVII. THE OBLIGATION OF A GENTLEMAN 174

  XVIII. FIGHT OR FAIR PLAY 182

  XIX. WHY LARRY WAS READY FOR BATTLE 191

  XX. ABOARD THE CUTTER 197

  XXI. TOM’S SCOUTING SCHEME 204

  XXII. TOM DISCOVERS THINGS 212

  XXIII. TOM AND THE MAN WITH THE GAME LEG 222

  XXIV. THE LAME MAN’S CONFESSION 230

  XXV. A SIGNAL OF DISTRESS 238

  XXVI. AN UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTION 246

  XXVII. THE HERMIT OF QUASI 258

  XXVIII. RUDOLF DUNBAR’S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF 265

  XXIX. TOM FINDS THINGS 271

  XXX. DUNBAR TALKS AND SLEEPS 283

  XXXI. DUNBAR’S STRANGE BEHAVIOR 295

  XXXII. A RAINY DAY WITH DUNBAR 306

  XXXIII. A GREAT CATASTROPHE 316

  XXXIV. MAROONED AT QUASI 331

  XXXV. AGAIN TOM FINDS SOMETHING 339

  XXXVI. WHAT THE EARTH GAVE UP 350

  XXXVII. TOM’S FINAL “FIND” 360