The Thread Man was wild, Jimmy was wilder, and the thirteen contributed all they could for laughing.

Dannie forgot to be ashamed of himself and followed the example of the crowd.

Deeper and deeper into the wild, swampy Canoper led the chase.

With a man on either side to guide him into the deepest holes and to shove him into bushy thickets, the skinned, soot-covered, oil-coated Boston man toiled and sweated.

He had no time to think, the excitement was so intense.