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to see what has happen to white boy." Frank knew this was true, but for some time he was not able to get upon his feet and walk. At length the Indian assisted him, and, leaning on Socato's shoulder, he made his way along. Avoiding the place where the sailors were camped, the Seminole proceeded directly to the spot where his canoe was hidden. Frank got in, and Socato took the paddle, sending the light craft skimming over the water. Straight to the strange hut where Frank and his companions had stopped the previous night they made their way. The sun was shining into the heart of the great Dismal Swamp, and Elsie Bellwood was at the door to greet Frank Merriwell. CHAPTER XXXVI. RIGHT OR WRONG. Elsie held out both hands, and there was a welcome light in her eyes. It seemed to Frank that she was far prettier than when he had last seen her in Fardale. "Frank, I am so glad to see you!" He caught her hands and held them, looking into her eyes. The color came into her cheeks, and then she noted his rumpled appearance, saw that he was very pale, and cried: "What is it, Frank? You are hurt? You are so pale!" Socato grunted in a knowing way, but said nothing. "It is nothing, Miss Bellwood," assured the boy. "I have been through a little adventure, that's all. I am not harmed." He felt her fingers trembling in his clasp, and an electric thrill ran over him. He remembered that at their last parting she had said it were far better they should never meet again; but fate had thrown them together, and now--what? He longed to draw her to him, to kiss her, to tell her how happy he was at finding her, but he restrained the impulse. Then the voice of Barney Mulloy called from within the hut: "Phwat ye goin' to do me b'y--shtand out there th' rist av th' doay? Whoy don't yez come in, Oi dunno?" "Come in, Frank--come in," cried Professor Scotch. "We have been worried to death over you. Thought you were lost in the Everglades, or had fallen into the hands of the enemy." "Your second thought was correct," smiled Frank, as he entered the hut, with Elsie at his side. "Phwat's thot?" shouted the Irish boy, in astonishment. "Ye don't mane to say thim spalpanes caught yez?" "That's what they did, and they came near cooking me, too." Frank then related the adventures that had befallen him since he started out on his own hook to give Leslie Gage a surprise. He told how Gage had made love to him i
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