The Rival Campers Ashore

A canoe tumbles out of a train’s baggage car, and Henry Burns and Jack Harvey rush to save it before their voyage has even begun. By breakfast, they’re paddling into a fog-veiled maze of streams—with rain on the way.

It’s a June morning in the farmland beyond Benton, where a winding stream promises the boys an adventurous shortcut home. Jack is ready to paddle through anything; Henry keeps a cooler eye on the route. But the water twists through hidden turns, the landmarks never appear, and a sudden downpour leaves them facing a fork: one branch is choked with boulders, the other vanishes beneath tangled willows. Their cheerful outing is becoming a puzzle, and they don’t even know where they are. Which way leads to safety—and what waits farther along the stream?

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