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Title: Wakulla
A Story of Adventure in Florida

Author: Kirk Munroe

Posting Date: July 26, 2009 [EBook #4393]
Release Date: August, 2003
First Posted: January 22, 2002

Language: English

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WAKULLA

A STORY OF ADVENTURE IN FLORIDA

BY KIRK MUNROE

CONTENTS

I. PREPARING TO LEAVE THE OLD HOME
II. THE SCHOONER "NANCY BELL"
III. "CAPTAIN LI'S" STORY
IV. A WRECK ON THE FLORIDA REEF
V. MARK AND RUTH ATTEND AN AUCTION
VI. A QUEER CHRISTMAS DAY
VII. ARRIVAL AT THE NEW HOME
VIII. THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL AND MORE MYSTERIES
IX. MARK DISCOVERS THE GHOST AND FINDS HIM IN A TRYING POSITION
X. A RUNAWAY'S STORY, AND ITS HAPPY ENDING
XI. "THE ELMER MILL AND FERRY COMPANY"
XII. THE GREAT MILL PICNIC
XIII. FIGHTING A FOREST FIRE
XIV. HOW THE BOYS CAUGHT AN ALLIGATOR
XV. A FIRE HUNT, AND MARK'S DISAPPEARANCE
XVI. BURIED IN AN UNDERGROUND RIVER
XVII. TWO LETTERS AND A JOURNEY
XVIII. THE BURNING OF THE "WILDFIRE"
XIX. UNCLE CHRISTOPHER'S "GREAT SCHEME"
XX. EDNA MAY MARCH

WAKULLA

CHAPTER I.

PREPARING TO LEAVE THE OLD HOME.

Over and over again had Mark and Ruth Elmer read this paragraph, which
appeared among the "Norton Items" of the weekly paper published in a
neighboring town:

"We are sorry to learn that our esteemed fellow-townsman, Mark Elmer,
Esq., owing to delicate health, feels compelled to remove to a warmer
climate. Having disposed of his property in this place, Mr. Elmer has
purchased a plantation in Florida, upon which he will settle
immediately. As his family accompany him to this new home in the Land
of Flowers, the many school-friends and young playmates of his
interesting children will miss them sadly."

"I tell you what, Ruth," said Mark, after they had read this item for a
dozen times or more, "we are somebodies after all, and don't you forget
it. We own a plantation, w