An Island Refuge Author:James Otis Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE ENCOUNTER. TEN minutes elapsed from the time the boys pushed off from the shore before either spoke, and then Tom said, in a low tone,-— ... more » " If anything happens to me, John, and you live, don't remember against me my unreasonable words of last night." " Of course I shan't; but, Tom, as I said before, there isn't much chance that one of us will get through and the other be left in safety. The only danger which threatens is from the savages, and if they appear, it is most likely death for both. But of such an ending to our journey it isn't well to think. Have you ever visited John Wallis's house?" "Once, quite a long while ago." " Do you remember it well enough to be certain which it is?" " I can make no mistake about it. You surely have seen the buildings ? " " Only from a distance, and if there is more than one dwelling at Purpooduck, I should be at a loss to say which it was we ought to visit." " Do not fear that we shall go astray. I think we had better land some distance to the westward of it, and make our way up the shore on foot. There would be more chance of escaping if, in event of being surprised by the savages, we could first take to the undergrowth." " You are right. We will land half a mile this side of the Point, even though time is precious to us. I fancy the Indians, after destroying the buildings on the Neck, will go to Purpooduck." " So Mr. Burroughs believed ; but I think you are both mistaken. While there are plenty of settlers to be attacked, Squando will not spend much time simply for the purpose of burning a house. Of course he knows there is no one at Wallis's, if the place has been ransacked as George Lewis reported." " In that case we shall encounter no danger, and those whom we left behind will have giv...« less