The White Crystals: Being an Account of the Adventures of Two BoysGaris, Howard Roger
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The White Crystals: Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys
Garis, Howard Roger
Boys -- Juvenile fiction; Country life -- Juvenile fiction; Cousins -- Juvenile fiction; Farm life -- Juvenile fiction
"Well, that's done. Want to go to Cardiff now?" for that was the way
every one spoke of going up to the centre of the village.
"Would we have time to go to the Indian Reservation?" asked Roger,
eagerly, for he had been thinking with anticipation all the morning of
the news he had heard concerning the near location of the redmen.
"Well, hardly before dinner," replied Adrian. "It's three miles there.
But we can go this afternoon."
"Then let's go."
"All right. We'll take a rest until the dinner horn blows."
So the boys went down to the barn with the last of the grapes. As they
approached they were greeted by the barking of a dog, and a brown setter
ran out to gambol about Adrian.
"Whose dog?" asked Roger, looking at the beautiful animal.
"Mine," replied Adrian. "He ran off to the woods Saturday, and he must
have just come back. He does it every once in a while. Gets sort of
wild and likes to strike out for himself. But he's always glad to come
back. Hi! Jack, old fellow!" and Adrian, setting the wheelbarrow down,
ran along swiftly, to be followed by the joyfully barking dog.
The two had a regular romp on the grass.
"Here, old chap!" called Adrian, suddenly, and Jack stopped short in his
running to look at his young master with bright eyes and cocked-up ears.
"Come here, sir! I'll introduce you to my cousin Roger."
Adrian led the dog by one ear up to Roger. The intelligent animal
sniffed the boy a bit, and then the tail which had dropped began to wag
quickly to and fro.
"He likes you all right," announced Adrian. "Shake hands with him,
Jack."
The animal lifted his right paw up to Roger, who took it in his hand.
"He's a fine bird dog," commented Adrian, the introduction over. "We'll
take him along when we go hunting."
Then Jack decided he was hungry, so he raced to the house, barking
loudly. The boys took the grapes into the barn, and after they had been
stowed away, Adrian lifted from a basket two large fine muskmelons. Next
he produced a knife and a small bag of salt, when he and Roger proceeded
to eat the fruit.
"This is the way dad and I like our melons," he announced to his cousin,
as he cut off a luscious slice. It didn't take long to finish the fruit,
and about an hour later, after they had amused themselves by jumping
around in the hay, they were quite ready for dinner, when they heard
Mrs. Kimball blow the horn vigorously. They announced at the table their
intention of going to the Indian Castle, and after the meal was over and
they had rested up a bit they started, Jack the dog barking joyously on
ahead of them.
The way to the Reservation, or the Castle, as every one in Cardiff
called it, was up the main road to the north, a long level stretch of
highway, lying between pleasant farm lands. The three miles seemed
rather short to Roger, and after a little more than an hour's tramp,
they came to a group of log cabins.
"What are those?" asked the city boy.
"Indian houses."
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