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Dan Carter
and the Money Box
by
Mildred A. Wirt
Illustrated
CUPPLES AND LEON COMPANY
Publishers New York
Copyright, 1950, by
CUPPLES AND LEON COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
DAN CARTER AND THE MONEY BOX
Printed in the United States of America
Contents
- 1 The Stranger in the Storm 1
- 2 The Metal Box 13
- 3 Jack, the Runaway 27
- 4 High Water 35
- 5 Two Claimants 43
- 6 A “Tough” Customer 54
- 7 The Last Straw 64
- 8 Round Table Plans 73
- 9 A “Deserted” House 85
- 10 Widow Jones 92
- 11 “Do Your Best” 100
- 12 A Pair of Legs 111
- 13 Hot Biscuits 121
- 14 Beside the Camp Fire 140
- 15 A Hint from Jack 151
- 16 Inside the Log 160
- 17 Through the Window 177
- 18 Pursuit 190
- 19 “I Promise” 197
- 20 Knights of the Round Table 208
CHAPTER 1
The Stranger in the Storm
Burrowing deep into the hoods of their slickers,the two Cub Scouts hastened along the darkeningstreet.
Stinging gusts of rain pelted their faces. The strongwind fairly bowled them off their feet.
“Say Brad, this is awful!”
“It’s sure coming down—and how!” agreed theolder boy.
Brad Wilber, dark-haired and serious, was a BoyScout and a leader among the younger boys. Anoutstanding athlete and nearly ready for high school,he served as Den Chief of the Webster City Cubs.
His companion, the blue-eyed, sandy-haired DanCarter, had just turned ten.
Firm of muscle and old for his years, the youngerboy grew so fast it was hard to keep him in Cubuniforms.
He and Brad had been good friends ever sinceSam Hatfield had organized Den 2. On this particularevening, they had been overtaken by the stormo