Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds by Archibald Lee Fletcher
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page 48 of 179 (26%)
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When the boy regained consciousness, daylight was creeping into the
cavern through an opening much lower down than the one by which the boys had entered the upper cavern. The earth outside was covered with a thick mat of snow, and the trees and shrubs of the forest were bending beneath burdens of pure white. The fire had burned to ashes and it was miserably cold. The Little Brass God was gone! CHAPTER VII AN EMPTY CAVERN Perhaps a dozen yards from the fire, Tommy stumbled at a figure over which the falling snow was fast drifting. He called out to Sandy, who was only a short distance away, and the two lifted the unconscious form in their arms and staggered toward the fire. "Why, it's nothing but a kid!" Sandy exclaimed. "Don't you know who it is?" demanded Tommy. "Never saw him before!" was the reply. |
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