【英文原著类】THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE RACING MOTOR-BOAT(往前的孩子和赛艇).pdf

THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE RACING MOTOR-BOAT
THE GO AHEAD BOYS
AND THE RACING
MOTOR-BOAT
BY ROSS KAY
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THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE RACING MOTOR-BOAT
Preface
Every normal boy loves a motor-boat, but words fail to express his
enthusiasm when that boat is also a racer. Behind the events recorded in
this story are certain facts, so that the tale is largely true. The author will
be glad if the account of life in the open, the adventures and fortunes, good
or ill, the contests and exciting experiences interest his readers even partly
as much as they did the boys who shared in the actual occurrences. I have
tried to write a story filled with action, but devoid of sensationalism and
false representations. If my boy friends enjoy pany of the Go
Ahead boys I shall feel repaid for my labor.
Ross Kay
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THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE RACING MOTOR-BOAT
CHAPTER I
THE START
"Here we go!"
"We're off!"
"Look quick, or we'll be out of your sight."
The long, low motor-boat glided smoothly out from the dock to which
it had been made fast. Behind it the water boiled as if it had been stirred
by some invisible furnace. The graceful lines of the boat, its manifest
power and speed, formed a plement to the bright sunshine and
clear air which rested over the waters of the Hudson River.
On the dock, which the Black Growler was leaving so rapidly behind
her, were assembled various members of the families represented by the
four boys on board the motor-boat. Younger brothers and sisters, two
uncles, several aunts, not to mention the various fathers and mothers
united in a final word of farewell. Handkerchiefs were waved and the
sounds of the last faint call came across the intervening waters.
The Black Growler was leaving Yonkers to be gone more than a month.
The trip was one to which the Go Ahead boys had looked forward with
steadily increasing interest.
In the first place the boat belonged to Fred Button, one of the quartet.
Fred now was at the