large/10801/boatclub_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/boatclub_14_optic_64kb_25
large/10801/boatclub_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/boatclub_14_optic_64kb
English
10801
On the starboard side of the boat there was plenty of water, and if they could move her back a rod they could easily escape. The boys obeyed the order of the coxswain; but the Zephyr had been forced so deeply into the mud that her bow still stuck fast. ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE BOAT THERE WAS PLENTY OF WATER AND IF THEY COULD MOVE HER BACK A ROD THEY COULD EASILY ESCAPE THE BOYS OBEYED THE ORDER OF THE COXWAIN BUT THE ZEPHYR HAD BEEN FORCED SO DEEPLY INTO THE MUD THAT HER BOW STILL STUCK FAST
 of the lake, off the mouth of a brook. "By gracious!" exclaimed Charles Hardy; "we are in for it now." "And the Bunkers are upon us," added Frank, very much perplexed by the difficulties which suddenly surrounded them. "What shall be done?" asked Tony. "Let them come on," replied Fred. "We can't get rid of them now." "I don't want to fight with them," added Frank. The Thunderbolt was approaching them, not very rapidly, it was true; but a few minutes would involve them in a quarrel, which Frank and a large majority of the club were very anxious to avoid. Tim Bunker was standing up in the stern-sheets of his boat, watching them with malignant interest. "Hurrah! they are aground!" cried Tim, as soon as he understood the nature of the calamity which had befallen the Zephyr. "We have them now; they can't run away, the cowardly long faces!" "Come aft, some of you," said Frank, when he heard these threatening words. "The water is deep enough under the stern. We have only run into a mud-bank. TED FORWARD BURYING HER KEEL IN THE MUDBANK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE OFF THE MOUTH OF A BROOK BY GRACIOUS EXCLAIMED CHARLES HARDY WE ARE IN FOR IT NOW AND THE BUNKERS ARE UPON US ADDED FRANK VERY MUCH PERPLEXED BY THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH SUDDENLY SURROUNDED THEM WHAT SHALL BE DONE ASKED TONY LET THEM COME ON REPLIED FRED WE CAN'T GET RID OF THEM NOW I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT WITH THEM ADDED FRANK THE THUNDERBOLT WAS APPROACHING THEM NOT VERY RAPIDLY IT WAS TRUE BUT A FEW MINUTES WOULD INVOLVE THEM IN A QUARREL WHICH FRANK AND A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE CLUB WERE VERY ANXIOUS TO AVOID TIM BUNKER WAS STANDING UP IN THE STERN SHEETS OF HIS BOAT WATCHING THEM WITH MALIGNANT INTEREST HURRAH THEY ARE AGROUND CRIED TIM AS SOON AS HE UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF THE CALAMITY WHICH HAD BEFALLEN THE ZEPHYR WE HAVE THEM NOW THEY CAN'T RUN AWAY THE COWARDLY LONG FACES COME AFT SOME OF YOU SAID FRANK WHEN HE HEARD THESE THREATENING WORDS THE WATER IS DEEP ENOUGH UNDER THE STERN WE HAVE ONLY RUN INTO A MUDBANK
large/10801/boatclub_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/boatclub_14_optic_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/10801/boatclub_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/boatclub_14_optic_64kb.flac