Afloat

It is an adventure book. Hen Condit, has run away from home, and robbed his guardian in the bargain!' Elmer instantly jumped to the road. He faced Landy as a lawyer might a witness on the stand; and Elmer knew just how to 'pump' a fellow so as to get the principal facts without much loss of time, as his chums understood. 'Go on and tell us about it, Landy, ' he commanded. 'How did you happen to learn about the fact in the first place?' 'Why, you see, ' answered the other, only too willing to explain to the best of his ability, 'ma, she sent me over on an errand to the Condit house. I was madder'n hops about it, too, because I just knew I'd be keepin' the fellows waiting here under the Grandaddy Oak. ' 'What did you find when you got there?' asked Elmer, who knew Landy to be long-winded, and that often the quickest way to learn facts from him was to put him on the grill.