Chapter 20: Dick and Dora

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​⁠The boys were almost afraid to penetrate further into the woods, for they found the ground growing wet and spongy under their feet. All halted and gathered around Mr. Laning.

"Do you think he has really been drowned?" asked Sam, with a slight shiver.

"It may be," was the farmer's reply. "I know of one man who was drowned here some years ago, and every year cattle are lost here. The bottom of the swa