Chapter I: Front Matter

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CANOEMATES

A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades

by

KIRK MUNROE

Author of "The Flamingo Feather" "Derrick Sterling" "Dorymates" "Campmates" etc.

Illustrated

New York Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square 1893

Copyright, 1892, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. IN THE FAR SOUTH 1
II. THREE CANOES, AND THE FATE OF ONE 8
III. SUMNER RECEIVES A SECOND OFFER 18
IV. TEACHING A THIEF A LESSON 26
V. THE GREAT FLORIDA REEF 33
VI. PINEAPPLES AND SPONGES 41
VII. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CANOES 49
VIII. LIFE ON THE LONELY ISLAND 57
IX. THE NOCTURNAL VISITOR 64
X. WHOSE ARE THEY? AND WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? 73
XI. SUMNER DRIFTS AWAY ON A RAFT 80
XII. PICKED UP IN THE GULF STREAM 89
XIII. A MYSTERY OF THE REEF 96
XIV. WORTH AND QUORUM ARE MISSING 105
XV. WORTH AND QUORUM IN SEARCH OF SUMNER 112
XVI. A NIGHT IN ALLIGATOR LIGHT 121
XVII. AN ENTERTAINMENT ON THE KEY 128
XVIII. OFF FOR THE EVERGLADES 137
XIX. THE CANOES ARE AGAIN LOST, AND AGAIN FOUND 145
XX. THE PSYCHE AS A LIFE-BOAT 153
XXI. SUMNER'S SELF-SACRIFICE 160
XXII. GOOD-BYE TO THE TRANSIT 168
XXIII. WORTH MEETS A PANTHER 175
XXIV. RATTLESNAKES AND RIFLE-SHOTS 184
XXV. WORTH'S LONELY NIGHT-WATCH 192
XXVI. THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES 201
XXVII. A PREHISTORIC EVERGLADE MOUND 209
XXVIII. WHAT BECAME OF QUORUM AND THE CANOES 218
XXIX. A VERY SERIOUS PREDICAMENT 226
XXX. QUORUM AS AN AMBASSADOR 234
XXXI. A CLOSELY GUARDED CAMP 242
XXXII. CROSSING THE 'GLADES WITHOUT SEEING THEM 250
XXXIII. AN ADVENTUROUS DEER-HUNT 258
XXXIV. HEMMED IN BY A FOREST FIRE 266
XXXV. THE BOYS IN A SEMINOLE CAMP 275
XXXVI. ONE OF THE RAREST ANIMALS IN THE WORLD 284
XXXVII. FISHING FOR SHARKS 292
XXXVIII. LITTLE KO-WIK-A SAILS OUT TO SEA 301
XXXIX. A BLACK SQUALL AND THE STRANDED STEAMER 308
XL. THE HAPPY ENDING OF THE CRUISE 317

ILLUSTRATIONS.

SUMNER AT HOME _Frontispiece._

"WITH THE NEXT SEND OF THE SEA THE
CANVAS CANOE WAS CRUSHED BENEATH
THE PONDEROUS BOWS" _Facing p._ 18

"HE RETURNED TO THE BUOY, ON WHICH
THE RECENT FUGITIVE WAS NOW SITTING" " 30

THE "CUPID" AND "PSYCHE" START ON
THEIR CRUISE " 32

TORCH-FISHING FOR MULLET " 40

THE CANOES ARE GONE " 48

"'SOME ONE WAS TRYING TO PULL MY GUN AWAY'" " 64

"THE LATTER WAS ROLLING ON THE GROUND
AT THE FOOT OF A COCOANUT-TREE" " 68

A GREAT DISCOVERY " 78

QUORUM IS HAPPY " 84

"TWO PAIRS OF POWERFUL ARMS DRAGGED
HIM INTO THE BOAT" " 94

"AS HE STEPPED ASHORE A PLEASANT-FACED
YOUNG MAN ADVANCED TO MEET HIM" " 108

QUORUM RESIGNS HIMSELF TO FATE " 126

QUORUM DANCES A BREAK-DOWN " 136

"HE FOUND RUST NORRIS CROUCHING IN THE
LEE OF THE LITTLE DECK-HOUSE" " 158

REPAIRING THE "PUNKIN SEED" " 168

"A VOLLEY OF RIFLE-SHOTS FLASHED AND
ROARED FROM THE FOREST" " 188

"ROUGH-LOOKING CHARACTERS, WHOM HE
AT ONCE RECOGNIZED AS SOUTH FLORIDA
COWBOYS" " 200

"HIS WRISTS WERE UNBOUND, AND THE
CLOTH THAT ENVELOPED HIS HEAD WAS
SNATCHED FROM IT" " 220

"DIRECTLY AFTERWARDS A CANOE APPEARED
AT THE OPENING IN THE BUSHES" " 240

"THEY WERE SUDDENLY CONFRONTED BY
AN INDIAN ARMED WITH A RIFLE" " 248

"THE ORDEAL OF FIRE LASTED BUT A MINUTE" " 272

SUMNER AND WORTH IN THE SEMINOLE CAMP " 282

SUMNER RESCUES KO-WIK-A " 310

"THE SURPRISE AND DELIGHT OF THE TWO
GENTLEMEN CAN BETTER BE IMAGINED
THAN DESCRIBED" " 322

_CANOEMATES._

_A Story of the Everglades._