"'What's that!' howled the little professor, dancing about in his night robe."(See page 109)
"Frank began shooting, and his first bullet brought down one of the ponies of the pursuers." (See page 14)
"The white canoe had stopped, and was lying calmly on the inky surface of the shadowed water." (See page 147)
"Kate grasped the assailant by the collar, and with astonishing strength, pulled him off the prostrate lad." (See page 218)