WHAT HAPPENED AT QUASI THE STORY OF A CAROLINA CRUISE BOOKS FOR BOYS BY GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON Each Handsomely Illustrated. Price of Each Volume, $1.50 THE LAST OF THE FLATBOATS. A Story of the Mississippi and Its Interesting Family of Rivers. CAMP VENTURE. A Story of the Virginia Mountains. Adventures among the “Moonshiners.” THE BALE MARKED CIRCLE X. A Blockade-Running Adventure. JACK SHELBY. A Story of the Indiana Backwoods. LONG KNIVES. The Story of How They Won the West. A Tale of George Rogers Clark’s Expedition. WHAT HAPPENED AT QUASI. The Story of a Carolina Cruise. A Tale of Sport and Adventure. _For Sale by All Booksellers, or Sent Postpaid on Receipt of Price by the Publishers_ LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO., BOSTON [Illustration: AS TOM TUGGED HARD AT ONE OF THE LARGER ROOTS, THE KEG SUDDENLY FELL TO PIECES.—_Page 353._] WHAT HAPPENED AT QUASI THE STORY OF A CAROLINA CRUISE BY GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON ILLUSTRATED BY H. C. EDWARDS [Illustration] BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Published, April, 1911 Copyright, 1911 BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. _All rights reserved_ WHAT HAPPENED AT QUASI NORWOOD PRESS BERWICK & SMITH CO. NORWOOD, MASS. U. S. A. I INSCRIBE THIS STORY WITH AFFECTION TO [Illustration] GEORGE DUNN EGGLESTON MY GRANDSON, IN THE BELIEF THAT WHEN HE GROWS OLD ENOUGH HE WILL WANT TO KNOW “WHAT HAPPENED AT QUASI,” AND WILL READ THE BOOK BY WAY OF FINDING OUT CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. INTERSTATE CHUMMING 3 II. THE STORY OF QUASI 15 III. A PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO CIRCUMSTANCES 25 IV. TOM FIGHTS IT OUT 30 V. A RATHER BAD NIGHT 39 VI. A LITTLE SPORT BY THE WAY 54 VII. AN ENEMY IN CAMP 67 VIII. CAL BEGINS TO DO THINGS 76 IX. A FANCY SHOT 89