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Title: Bob Hanson Scout
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Carter, Russell Gordon, 1892-1957
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Publisher: Philadelphia : Penn
Contributing Library: Scott - York University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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ozen hum-mocks, and the lanes of ice that ran in all direc-tions. Even in the summer the swamp was at best adismal place. The water was dark and stagnant.Here and there you could see small hummocksof dark earth that rose a foot or so above thelevel of the surface; and growing in wild abun-dance was tough swamp grass with sharp edges.Now all this had frozen over. It was growing steadily darker and the snowgave no indication of stopping. The wind hadshifted to the northwest and was blowing with apower that chilled the two boys to the bone. Butneither would speak to the other about it. OnceBob stumbled in the darkness and Fred caughthim by the shoulder. Im with you, Bob, he said. Thanks, old boy, replied Bob. Its get-ting most too dark to see. I guess we must bepretty close to the middle of the swamp by thistime, but Im not sure whether were going inthe right direction. Fred was about to reply when suddenly hestopped, and pointed to the right. There flickering in the darkness was a small
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■1^i, • A LIGHT IN THE SWAMp! EXCLAIMED FRED, THE PAPER CHASE 159 yellow light. For several moments Bob andFred stood, and stared at it in silence. A light in the swamp! exclaimed Fred. It seems impossible. Maybe its a flashlight, said Bob. Maybesomebodys lost or hurt. Come on. They started in the direction of the yellowflame, Bob a little in advance of his chmn. Asthey approached they were able to distinguishthe outlines of a small hut built on a large hum-mock. With a good deal of wonder and withsome misgivings, they climbed up on the hillock. The hut seemed to be made of boards and mud;and the roof and sides were covered with swampgrass, so that it blended with the color of theswamp. An old shack that some duck shooters musthave built, whispered Fred. There was one small square window on thisside through which the boys had seen the light.Bob peered inside. On a narrow table burned akerosene lamp. At one end of the room was afireplace with a fire that threw out an uncertainflame

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