XII. THE GREAT MILL PICNIC XIII. FIGHTING A FOREST FIRE XIV. HOW THE BOYS CAUGHT AN ALLIGATOR XV. A FIRE HUNT, AND MARK'S DISAPPEARANCE XVI. BURIED IN AN UNDERGROUND RIVER XVII. TWO LETTERS AND A JOURNEY XVIII. THE BURNING OF THE "WILDFIRE" XIX. UNCLE CHRISTOPHER'S "GREAT SCHEME" XX. EDNA MAY MARCH
WAKULLA
CHAPTER I.
PREPARING TO LEAVE THE OLD HOME.
Over and over again had Mark and Ruth Elmer read this paragraph, which appeared among the "Norton Items" of the weekly paper published in a neighboring town: