CHAPTER XI. My Last Adventure 210

MY LAST ADVENTURE 210

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BY ALLAN STEWART

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FATHER LEAPED STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE BOY, LANDING ACTUALLY ON HIS SHOULDER 32

HE IMITATED ME TO MY FACE 48

THE WHOLE OF THE SLIMY OLD WALL SEEMED ALIVE WITH THEM 74

THE BOYS NEVER MOVED OR SPOKE 88

CLIMBING INTO ONE OF THE LARGEST TREES, WE LAY PANTING AND TIRED OUT 112

TWO CRUEL GREEN ORBS SET IN A WIDE GREY FACE 142

DOWN THE NEAR SIDE OF THE TRUNK WAS A DEEP AND WIDE NEW SCAR 172

‘AND TO THINK IT WAS THIS HERE LITTLE RED RASCAL’ 184

A SMALL BLUE FLAME ILLUMINATED THREE EAGER FACES 194

ANOTHER MOMENT FOUND ME COMFORTABLY PERCHED IN THE BRANCHES OF THE HAZEL-BUSHES 208

THE DOG BOUNDED HIGH, BUT I WAS SAFELY OUT OF HIS REACH 224

THE LIFE STORY OF A SQUIRREL