Charles was mistaken in saying that he would be the only one to see any amusement in the affair after it was all over, for Stephen never tired of calling up George’s look of misery5 when the box was opened.
“Oh, if you and Will had only waited!” he often sighed to Charles.
Stephen almost forgot the insults heaped on himself and his dog during the earlier part of the evening, and as Bob Herriman prudently6 kept out of his sight for a few days, he almost forgave that wretch7 his wickedness.
One day he asked George if he might see the book of necromancy.
At first the Sage8 was inclined to be vexed9 at such a question; but finally, pointing upwards10, he said, with a peculiar11 smile: “Well, Steve, I guess the smoke of it is up there. And now, don’t say any more about it, please.”
“George, that night we passed through an experience instead of an experiment;” Stephen replied solemnly, looking wondrous12 wise. “I promise not to bother you about it any more.”
Stephen kept his word religiously.
As for Will, strangely enough he took no cold, but was minus one suit of clothes.
Bob Herriman kept out of the boys sight for a few days. He had several very good reasons for doing so. In the first place, he was sore and stiff from many bruises13; secondly14, his cowardly nature dreaded15 meeting with the boys for whom he had lain in ambush16, and whom he had exasperated17 beyond endurance; and thirdly, he wished to avoid Steve’s dog, which he now feared.
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On account of this, the boy kept quiet near home, although his parents probably thought him at school. In these “holidays” he worked out a plan for revenge.
Revenge for what?
The only answer that can be given is that the boy was so vindictive18 in his nature that he wished to do the boys and the dog some injury—simply because he had fallen out of the evergreen19; been humiliated20, stunned21, and hurt; had an unpleasant struggle in the water; and generally “got the worst of it,” as Charley put it.
At last he hit on a plan that pleased him greatly.
Suppose that, in order to lend variety, animation22, and dignity to these pages, we forbear giving the details of his plot, and keep the reader in a state of mild suspense23 and wonder? Such a course would smooth our task, and not seriously disturb the readers peace of mind.
Although a raft has not been referred to specially24 as one of the attractions of the river, yet, for all that, an ill-made and disproportioned, but substantial and floatable one was moored25 a mile above the falls. Many hours had been spent by the boys in building and repairing this raft, and many times they had sailed proudly up and down the river on it. It was a source of great amusement to them all.
Some ten days after the adventure last narrated26, Bob Herriman built a little “house,” which, seen from one end looked like a hen-coop, from the other like a dog kennel27, while a stupid person behind might take it for a clumsy woodbox, another equally stupid person in front might take it for a modern home-made bee-hive. One end was three feet wide, the other three feet six inches. By laying a brick underneath28 it, its roof was level, with the spirit-level. By placing it on a perfectly29 smooth floor, without the brick underneath it, it rocked gently—just sufficiently30, in fact, to lull31 a person to sleep. Briefly32, Robert was not intended for a carpenter, and this “house”—which was almost worth its weight in nails—to be still further disproportioned, was much wider than it was long. Its width has already been given; its length was two feet and two, three, four and five inches.[233] Its height was in exact proportion to its width and length. The door of a disused cupboard was brought into use, and once more did duty as a door.
Boys, exercise your ingenuity33, and draw a correct picture of that “house.” It may help you to understand Bob’s plot.
Into this building its architect put several things which he thought would be needed to carry out his schemes successfully.
Every Saturday afternoon Stephen and his dog went swimming in the river. The other boys generally, but not always, swam with him. This was well-known to Herriman, and he took his measures accordingly.
The next Saturday Bob set out immediately after dinner, getting a boon34 companion of his to take his contrivance in a light waggon35 to the falls. This boy, whose thoughts never soared above the driving of his nag36, asked no questions, and scarcely noticed the “house” or its contents. At the falls Bob set it down carefully, and then the two went their several ways—the youth with the waggon turning back and going to market, the plotter getting his building laboriously37 up the hill by the falls. The few people near stared at him in wonder, but said nothing.
When this wicked boy got his contrivance a few rods above the falls he stopped, took out of it and stowed away upon his person whatever water might damage, and then took an enormously long and very strong cord, which had hitherto been inside, and tied one end fast to a staple38 in what was supposed to be the roof of the “house.”
Having done this, he shoved the unwieldy thing into the river, and eyed it wistfully.
“No, it isn’t coming to pieces,” he exclaimed, joyfully39, as he saw that his work bore the strain of floating in the water.
Then he grasped the rope—which will be described presently—and towed his invention—it was an invention—rapidly up the river.
Arrived at the raft, he fastened this thing (we don’t[234] know what else to call it) firmly on it. Then was shown the beauty and usefulness of the staple spoken of. Bob ran a strong cord through it and through some of the many staples40 and rings which were planted in the raft.
You perceive, gentle reader, that this boy was much better at scheming than at building.
Then he loosened the rope from the—let us call it cage—from the cage, and tied it fast to a ring in one end of the raft. This rope, or cord, was new and strong, and was actually one thousand feet in length! Bob did not believe in doing things by halves—but he had another object in view when he procured41 the long rope. Excepting a few yards at the end made fast to the raft, it was as yet coiled up neatly42. About the middle a heavy iron ring, or sinker, was attached.
Bob arranged everything to his satisfaction, and had just set the raft afloat and made it stationery43 with an anchor, in the form of a sharp stick, when he espied44 Stephen and Carlo coming for their customary bath. He himself was screened by friendly shrubs45 and trees, but Stephen was in plain sight.
All that he had to do was to remain quiet and keep the raft to its anchor, and Stephen, he felt assured, would not see him.
In this belief the crafty46 plotter was right. Stephen hurriedly undressed a few rods below him, and plunged47 headlong into the river, Carlo beside him. Carlo, however, seemed uneasy, as though he suspected the presence of an enemy.
Bob examined the raft to see that it was securely anchored, and then stepped lightly ashore48, an old muzzle49 and some pieces of rope in his hands. Unobserved, he stole along behind the shrubs, trees, and ridges50, till he gained a hollow which completely hid him from Stephen, and then he stopped. Probably no boy in the neighborhood knew the lay of the land better than Mr. Bob.
Suddenly, he uttered a cry like a squirrel’s, which produced the effect he thought it would.
Both Stephen and his dog, not far away, heard it. Steve immediately stopped swimming, and said, “Sic it, Carlo! Sic it! Fetch him out!”
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Bob chuckled51, again uttered the cry, and was rewarded by hearing Carlo flying towards him. “Now, to keep out of the dog’s sight till he gets into this hollow,” he muttered, suiting the action to the word. “If Steve should come, too,”—and he grew pale at the thought,—“I’ll get the worst of it! But Steve won’t come.”
In this conclusion Bob was quite right; for Stephen preferred a good bath to a doubtful chase after a squirrel. Besides, he could not hunt the squirrel without dressing52 himself; and before that could be done, Carlo would probably have caught it, or else have given up the pursuit. Therefore, Stephen wisely determined53 to enjoy his bath, and let his dog hunt alone.
Crafty Bob had considered all these points, and felt quite easy in his ambush. He was wise in his day and generation.
“Sic it!” Stephen cried again; and Carlo, with his nose bent54 to the ground, ran hither and thither55, trying to get scent56 of the “squirrel.”
Bob gave another encouraging squeak57, and the dog plunged through the shrubbery into the hollow.
He feared the dog, and knew the risks he was running; but revenge spurred him on, and he remained collected and resolute58, while Carlo, quite surprised, was taken at a disadvantage.
They grapple with each other, almost human dog and almost brutal59 boy, have a severe struggle, and fight desperately60; but in the end, Bob slips his muzzle over Carlo’s nose, fastens it, and then binds61 his feet with the cords and straps62.
Bob is master of the situation.
Swiftly he dragged the helpless animal by the way he had come, till he arrived at the raft. It was the work of but a minute to haul it on board, tear up the “anchor,” and shove off. When fairly afloat, the door of the cage was opened, and Carlo ignominiously63 thrust in.
Thus the reader perceives that this mysterious cage was to do duty as a prison. Had not its manufacturer been perusing64 some of the “literature” of the present[236] day when he contrived65 his plot? Only, he varied the stereotyped66 form by abducting67 an heroic dog instead of an heroic fool.
Stephen gave up his whole attention to the delightful68 and thoroughly69 boyish pastime of swimming. In all probability he thought no more of his dog, believing him to be in full pursuit of the “squirrel.” But Bob had no sooner got under way than Stephen spied him.
Contrary to all the laws which regulate the actions of the heroes of romance, he engaged in conversation with the depraved youth. A hero in a book would have looked the other way in dignified70 silence when such a wretch came in sight, but not so Steve.
“Hollo!” he called out. “Why, Bob, I haven’t seen you since the night you yelled so bravely, and fell overboard into this very river. Have you got the plasters off your bruises yet? You ought to be as tender as pounded beef-steak after all your tumbles that night.
“But I say,” in a quarrelsome tone, “what are you doing with our raft? That raft isn’t common property; it belongs to us.”
“Who is ‘us’?” asked Bob, mockingly.
Now that he was on the raft, all his impudence71 returned. He knew that he could work his way into deep water before Stephen could reach him; for, unlike most rafts built by boys, this one was managed with ease, and propelled with something like swiftness.
“Who is ‘us’?” Steve echoed in amazement72. “You know well enough that that raft belongs to us four—Will, and me, and Charley, and George, and Marmaduke, and myself—”
Bob could not deny the justness of Steve’s claim on the raft, so he waived73 the question, and cut him short, saying derisively74, “Steve, I reckon you’d better stop, if you can’t count straighter’n that.”
“Well, you have no right to use it,” Steve replied. “What are you doing here anyway? Are you spying on me again?”
“Where is your dog? I thought he always followed you,” Bob observed, oaring75 briskly away.
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“Carlo? So he does. He went after a squirrel a minute ago. ’Pon my word,” as if the thought had just struck him, “it’s very strange that I don’t hear him bark! Now, what’s the matter! Carlo, Carlo, Carlo, Carlo.”
Bob had now floated the raft down stream into deep water, and with a burst of idiotic76 laughter, he swung it half-way around. Up to this time, that side of the cage which looked like a dog-kennel had been toward Stephen; but the side which looked like a hen-coop was now, in turn, presented to him.
The raft had drifted down so far that it was nearly opposite to Stephen; and now, for the first time, he beheld77 his beloved dog, bound and helpless, in the clutches of an enemy.
An agonized78 cry of astonishment79 and horror broke from his lips.
Bob’s revenge had begun, and like all approved villains80, he was destined81 to have a short, but brilliant, career.
“Why don’t you swim out and save your dog, Stepping Hen?” he asked mockingly, well knowing that he could soon out-strip an ordinary swimmer.
“Oh, just wait till I catch you, you abominable82 sneak83!” yelled Steve. “I ought to have taught you a lesson before! Oh dear! O-o-h! Carlo! C-a-r-l-o!”
But Carlo could only whine84 piteously.
“Stay where you are,” Bob yelled back, “and when I get across the river you’ll ‘see sport,’ as you said on the island, at the picnic.”
Lustily and swiftly this thirster for revenge worked his way across the stream, jeering85 at poor Stephen’s threats and entreaties86. The raft grounded near the bank, and, the coil of rope in his hand, he jumped ashore, and shoved it off. Then, oh most humane87 action! he jumped on the raft again, opened the door of the cage, and cast off the cords and straps that bound Carlo’s feet, thus leaving the poor beast at liberty to struggle feebly in his narrow prison. Having made the door of the cage fast, he landed once more, this time, however, getting his feet very wet.
To set the dog free was evidently an after thought, or[238] he would have done so before, and so have saved himself time, trouble and a wetting.
Meanwhile, poor Stephen danced excitedly about in the water, shouting and gesticulating wildly. In fact, the poor boy was at his wits’ end. He made several desperate efforts to swim after the “jolly young waterman,” but failed in each effort. He lacked George’s great self-possession, and allowed his anger to get the better of his judgment88. Thus he acted, and there he remained, until his teeth chattered89 and his limbs turned into what is known familiarly to the boys as “goose-flesh.” Then he rushed out of the water, and pulled on his clothes promiscuously90.
To the frantic91 boy’s horror, he next saw Bob running up the stream, along the bank whilst the raft, with the dog still on it, was drifting down the stream.
“The scoundrel!” Steve gasped92. “Is he going to run away, and let my dog drift over the falls?”
Such was not the case. Bob’s left hand was toward Stephen, while in his right hand he carried and unwound as he ran, the coil of rope. No; Bob was only “paying out the cable.” But Stephen was too far off to see this.
This one thousand feet of cord, however, did not work so harmoniously93 as Bob had imagined it would; it became most mysteriously and provokingly entangled94 at every step. The sinker on the cord kept the greater part of it under water; and when Bob at last reached the end of it, and turned, he changed it from his right hand to his left hand, so that it was still out of Stephen’s sight.
Bob stood still a moment, puffing95 and perspiring96, and the raft stopped drifting and pulled gently, very gently on the cord. Then he moved on slowly, and to Stephen on the opposite bank, there seemed to be no connection between him and the raft.
If Steve had looked narrowly, however, he would certainly have seen the cord coming out of the water in front of Bob; for, if a boy can see the string leading to his new kite when his mischievous97 brother is flying it nearly a quarter of a mile away,—mark this, we do not[239] say that any one else could see it,—then surely, in spite of the distance between him and Bob, he could have seen what little of the cord there was in sight.
But Steve’s attention was centred upon the raft, where his dog was.
Let not the peruser98 of this work of fiction suppose that the raft was really one thousand feet below Bob. By no means; sundry99 loose knots, kinks, or snarls100, shortened the distance greatly.
But it was undoubtedly101 a long way below him.
“Hollo, Stepping Hen!” Bob yelled. “Don’t you see that your raft and the dog are sailing towards the falls? Why don’t you stir around and save ’em?”
Stephen heard him distinctly, and it seemed to him that Carlo’s doom102 was sealed. He was now running madly up and down the margin103 of the river, in the vain hope of finding some craft on which he might set out in pursuit. But he could find nothing that would serve his turn.
Bob saw the boy’s dilemma104, and like all orthodox villains, when successful in their wickedness, he could not conceal105 his delight. His powerful imagination saw a log in each broken twig106, a huge boulder107 in each little stone, a frightful108 chasm109 in each slight depression in the ground; and he passed along by leaps that bore considerable resemblance to those of an Alpine110 hunter. He writhed111 his whole body, distorted his features, rolled his intensely blue eyes, hallooed, sang and uttered original and untranslatable interjections, expressive112 of triumph.
Such actions could not but be injurious to his system; but—fortunately for himself and the rest of the world,—as Bob afterwards invented and patented an ingenious saw-horse—they were to be of short continuance.
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judgment
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