The Boys of the Wireless; Or, A Stirring Rescue from the Deep
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By Frank V. Webster 1 Apr, 2020
“What’s that new-fangled thing on the blasted oak, Tom?” “That, Ben, is a wireless.” “Oh, you don’t say so!” “Or, rather the start of one.” “Say, you aren’t original or ambitious or anything like that, are you?” The spe ... Read more
“What’s that new-fangled thing on the blasted oak, Tom?” “That, Ben, is a wireless.” “Oh, you don’t say so!” “Or, rather the start of one.” “Say, you aren’t original or ambitious or anything like that, are you?” The speaker, Ben Dixon, bestowed a look of admiration and interest on the chum he liked best of all in the world, Tom Barnes. Tom was reckoned a genius in the little community in which he lived. He had the record of “always being up to something.” In the present instance he had been up a tree, it seemed. From “the new-fangled thing” Ben had discovered in passing the familiar landmark, the blasted oak, wires, and rods ran up to quite a height, showing that someone had done some climbing. Less
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Frank V. Webster was a pseudonym controlled by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the first book packager of books aimed at children. This pseudonym was used on books for boys from the early 1900s through the...
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