CHAPTER XXIII

HOMEWARD BOUND

"Look! isn't that a fire over there?" asked sharp-eyed George, as he

gripped Jack's arm suddenly.

They had been moving cautiously along for the better part of an hour,

striving in every way possible to avoid any drumming sound, such as

nearly always betrays the presence of a motor boat near by.

And in all that time they may have only covered some four miles, or

possibly five; for no effort was made to drive the _Comfort_ at even

half speed.

"Looks like it," Jack replied, after a quick survey. "But how is it we

didn't glimpse it before?"

"I think a point of rocks must stick out between, and we've just opened

the pocket," George replied, in a whisper.

Of course Jack had immediately shut off the power, so that old reliable

_Comfort_ stopped her forward movement, lying there on the dark waters

like a log; for not a light of any description did they carry aboard.

"Do we go ashore now?" asked Josh, softly; for all of them had been

warned not to speak above a whisper from the time they started forth on

their errand of mercy.

"Yes," Jack replied. "That's one reason we've been keeping so close in.

I'll drop into the dinky, and use the paddle. Foot by foot I can pull

the motor boat to shore, and then we'll land."

"How lucky there's not a breath of wind," Herb remarked, as he helped

Jack draw the small tender alongside, and then crawl over the side.

Presently Jack was working away, having attached the painter of the boat

to a cleat at the bow of the _Comfort_. His method of using the paddle

insured utter silence. Had it been an expert hunter, moving up on a deer

that was feeding on the lily pads along the border of a Canada stream,

he could hardly have manipulated that little spruce blade with more

care.

And so, foot by foot, the motor boat was coaxed in nearer the rock-bound

shore. When Jack had finally succeeded in accomplishing his end he next

sought some place where those still aboard could disembark, and the

_Comfort_ be tied up while they went about the business that had brought

them there.

"Now, what next?" asked Herb, when the entire five had reached land,

and the boat was amply secured to a split rock, with little danger of

any injury resulting, because there was no wind and hence no movement to

the water.

"We've got to advance," Jack replied. "So as to get around that point;

when we'll see the camp Joe told us about. Those fellows have got a big

rowboat, he said, but hate to work the oars. He said they first talked

of making the boys do the rowing; and then that scheme for getting more

money came up. Are you ready for the job?"

"I am that," said Jimmie, promptly, flourishing a club that looked like

a baseball bat; and which would be apt to prove a formidable weapon in

hands that were as clever as those of the stout Irish lad.

"Count me in," remarked Herb, who was carrying a hatchet; having nothing

else to serve him as a threatening weapon that might strike terror to

the hearts of the enemy.

"And I'm only too anxious to look in on 'em. Let me eat 'em up!" Josh

growled, flourishing the camp bread knife in a most dreadful fashion.

George had his rifle, and of course Jack carried the repeating Marlin

shotgun which had proven its value on many another occasion.

"Then come on, and be mighty careful, everybody," Jack cautioned, as he

led off.

They remembered what Joe had said about the "rough sledding" he had

found in his endeavor to keep close to the water's edge, so that he

might not get lost. And every one of the five were willing to admit that

Joe spoke the truth when he told this; for they made the slowest kind of

progress.

Still, every yard passed over took them so much closer to the goal. And

so long as they did not tumble and make a noise that would warn the

enemy, it mattered little or nothing about the time they took in

covering the ground.

After a long time spent in this sort of crawling business Jack believed

he could see what seemed to be a fire flickering among the stunted

trees.

Calling the attention of the others to this, he changed his course a

bit, in order to find an easier route, and perhaps come upon the camp

from behind.

For tenderfeet the five boys seemed to be making a pretty clever

advance. They could now see a man stretched at full length near the

fire, as if sleeping; though now and then a puff of smoke told that he

was only taking it easy, and indulging in his pipe.

A little farther and they glimpsed the second fellow. He towered up like

a house, being all of six foot-three, and bulky in proportion. But then,

as Jack well knew, a man is only a man, no matter what his size, when

he is looking into the muzzle of a rifle and modern repeating shotgun.

And even this giant might well quail when brought to book.

The boys were now creeping through the bushes, and getting very close

in. All the while Jack was eagerly trying to see what had become of

Clarence. At first he could discover nothing of the other; and became

chilled with a deadly fear that these cowards might have gone to

extremes; though he could hardly bring himself to really believe it.

George was the first to find out what had been done with the prisoner.

"I see him," he whispered close to Jack's ear. "He's lying on the ground

over by that stump of a tree."

Guided by these directions Jack was enabled to also place Clarence.

There was certainly a figure lying there, and it must be the companion

of Joe; for the latter had said there were only two of the scoundrels.

Jack bobbed his head back in a hurry, after he had made this little

survey of the enemy's camp. For the big man had arisen to his feet, and

started toward the very place where Clarence lay.

"Be ready!" muttered Jack, seeming to understand that the crisis must

now be very close upon them.

Arriving at the spot, the giant bent over, and they could hear his growl

as he spoke harshly:

"Made up yer mind yet, younker? Will ye write thet letter jest as we

tell ye, and let a couple o' honest though unfortunit men have a square

chanct to rake in a leetle pile? Speak up, now, d'ye hear?"

He accompanied his words by a brutal kick that gave Jack and George a

spasm of anger.

"No! no! no!" shouted the obstinate Clarence, still undismayed; for his

pluck was the best part of him, and had always been.

At that the big brute raised his heavy boot with ugly words. It was

doubtless his full intention to dash it against the side of the helpless

boy, regardless as to what the consequences might be. But he changed his

mind.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, mister!" said Jack, in an even, clear

voice, as he and George suddenly stood up in full sight.

He had covered the giant with his gun, and George was ready to do the

same for the man with the pipe the instant he bounded to his feet.

"Stand still, both of you, or we'll shoot!" George shouted.

This was a signal for the other three who were behind, and they suddenly

made their appearance, waving their crude weapons menacingly.

The two men were apparently taken completely by surprise. They saw that

the tables had been suddenly turned. And somehow, although these were

only boys who confronted them, there was a grim air of business about

those unwavering guns that neither of the cowards fancied at all.

Jack had not known what the result was going to be. He hardly anticipated

that the men would dare attack them in the face of those weapons. And he

had arranged with George that should they show signs of flight, no one

was to raise a hand to prevent them.

When therefore the giant gave vent to a whoop and turning, galloped

toward the water's edge, neither of the boys pulled trigger; though Josh

let out a shout as though he might be chasing after; which he was not,

all the same, for he did not fancy the looks of either of the rascals.

The second man took to his heels also, dodging to the right and left in

a ridiculous manner, as if expecting every second to hear the crash of

Jack's gun, and feel himself being peppered with bird shot.

They could be seen tumbling madly into their rowboat, and pushing out on

the lake with all possible speed.

"Let 'em go!" said Josh, grandly, as he replaced his bread knife in the

leather scabbard he had made for it, so as to avoid any chance of

cutting his fingers by coming in contact with its keen edge, when

rummaging in the locker aboard the _Wireless_, where the cooking things

were kept.

Jack was already stooping over Clarence, and in a jiffy had severed the

cords that bound him hand and foot.

"I'm awful glad you came, Jack!" said the other weakly. "I believe that

coward would have killed me if I didn't give in to him."

"Here, work your arms and legs as fast as you can, Clarence!" said

George. "We've got to get out of this in a hurry now, or they might even

find the _Comfort_, and run away with her. You're going back with us,

you know. Joe got in and told us."

The two men having put what they thought a safe distance between

themselves and the boys, began to shout insulting remarks, and make the

most terrible threats. Although they could not be seen out on the lake,

it was not so difficult to know in what quarter they chanced to be at

the time.

Angered by the insults, as well as the cruel manner in which they had

treated Clarence and Joe, George picked up the shot gun which Jack had

lain down for a minute, and before any one could stop him had discharged

it.

That some of the many little lead pellets in that shell had stung the

profane scoundrels in the rowboat, the boys understood from the howl

that arose, followed by the splashing of oars, telling that they were

pulling madly away before a second shot added to their troubles.

"Now come with us, Clarence," said Jack.

They did not have to be so careful making their way back to where they

had left the steady going old _Comfort_. And once aboard, the return

trip was quickly accomplished. In camp Clarence was soon given all the

food and coffee he could manage; and he professed himself as very

grateful for all the motor boat boys had done for him.

Since his speed boat had met with so tragic an end, Clarence declared

that he had had enough of cruising, and would start straight home as

soon as they reached the Soo, if the boys would lend them enough money

to buy tickets--which programme he and Joe carried out; nor were our six

friends at all sorry to see them vanish from view.

Leaving the Soo, Jack and his chums spent almost two weeks upon the

crooked St. Mary's river, camping, fishing and enjoying themselves to

the utmost. But never did they touch on Canadian soil but that poor

Buster seemed to be dreadfully uneasy, sticking close to the fire, and

breathing a sigh of genuine relief when once more afloat, with no

unpleasant reminders wafted after them.

Jack and Nick had made up a little programme for themselves, which they

sprung upon their comrades later, when leaving the three boats at

Milwaukee to be sent by rail to the home town on the Upper Mississippi.

This was nothing more nor less than saying good-bye to the rest of the

boys in Milwaukee, and taking a little run down to Chicago, "to see the

sights, you know," as Nick cleverly put it. But everybody guessed that

the greatest attraction which all Chicago could boast for the deserters

would be found within the borders of Oak Park, and under the roof of the

banker, Mr. Roland Andrews.

And so the great cruise had finally come to an end. Looking back the

boys found no reason to regret their course. True, there might be a

number of incidents that would stand out for a long time with a bit of

harshness; but time mellows all such things; and even Buster would laugh

just as heartily as any of his chums when his adventure with the bull,

or the pretty Canada pussy-cat, were mentioned.

They had had such a glorious time of it that undoubtedly other trips

must be talked over during the coming winter; and with the coming of the

holiday season once again the motor boat boys would be found ready to

set out again on their search for new adventures.

Jocko went home with George and was a source of considerable costly

amusement in the Rollins' home.

We shall surely hope and expect to continue the pleasant acquaintance

formed in the pages of the several books already published; and in new

fields accompany Jack Stormways and his chums, with their gallant little

boats, through other scenes, where true American pluck and endurance,

such as they have always shown, must carry them through all perils to

success.

THE END

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Transcriber's Notes:

--Text in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_); text in

bold by "equal" signs (=bold=).

--Printer, punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently

corrected.

--Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved.

--Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved.

--Expanded oe ligatures: manoeuvring (p. 185), manoeuvre (p. 193).

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