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SUMNER AT HOMEFrontispiece."WITH THE NEXT SEND OF THE SEA THE CANVAS CANOE WAS CRUSHED BENEATH THE PONDEROUS BOWS"Facing p.18"HE RETURNED TO THE BUOY, ON WHICH THE RECENT FUGITIVE WAS NOW SITTING""30THE "CUPID" AND "PSYCHE" START ON THEIR CRUISE"32TORCH-FISHING FOR MULLET"40THE CANOES ARE GONE"48"'SOME ONE WAS TRYING TO PULL MY GUN AWAY'""64"THE LATTER WAS ROLLING ON THE GROUND AT THE FOOT OF A COCOANUT-TREE""68A GREAT DISCOVERY"78QUORUM IS HAPPY"84"TWO PAIRS OF POWERFUL ARMS DRAGGED HIM INTO THE BOAT""94"AS HE STEPPED ASHORE A PLEASANT-FACED YOUNG MAN ADVANCED TO MEET HIM""108QUORUM RESIGNS HIMSELF TO FATE"126QUORUM DANCES A BREAK-DOWN"136"HE FOUND RUST NORRIS CROUCHING IN THE LEE OF THE LITTLE DECK-HOUSE""158REPAIRING THE "PUNKIN SEED""168"A VOLLEY OF RIFLE-SHOTS FLASHED AND ROARED FROM THE FOREST""188"ROUGH-LOOKING CHARACTERS, WHOM HE AT ONCE RECOGNIZED AS SOUTH FLORIDA COWBOYS""200"HIS WRISTS WERE UNBOUND, AND THE CLOTH THAT ENVELOPED HIS HEAD WAS SNATCHED FROM IT""220"DIRECTLY AFTERWARDS A CANOE APPEARED AT THE OPENING IN THE BUSHES""240"THEY WERE SUDDENLY CONFRONTED BY AN INDIAN ARMED WITH A RIFLE""248"THE ORDEAL OF FIRE LASTED BUT A MINUTE""272SUMNER AND WORTH IN THE SEMINOLE CAMP"282SUMNER RESCUES KO-WIK-A"310"THE SURPRISE AND DELIGHT OF THE TWO GENTLEMEN CAN BETTER BE IMAGINEDTHAN DESCRIBED""322