How Long to Read The Phantom of the River

How Long Does it Take to Read The Phantom of the River?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read The Phantom of the River by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

LONGING FOR NIGHT. "I think there's trouble ahead, Dan'l." "There isn't any doubt of it, Simon." The first remark was made by the famous pioneer ranger, Simon Kenton, and the second fell from the lips of the more famous Daniel Boone. It was at the close of a warm day in August, more than a century ago, that these veterans of the woods came together for the purpose of consultation. They had threaded their way along parallel lines, separated by hardly a furlong, for a mile from their starting-point, when the above interchange of views took place. Boone had kept close to the Ohio while stealthily moving eastward, while Kenton took the same course, gliding more deeply among the shadows of the Kentucky forest until, disturbed by the evidence of danger, he trended to the left and met Boone near the river. The two sat down on a fallen tree, side by side, and, while talking in low tones, did not for a moment forget their surroundings. They had lived too long in the perilous wilderness to forget that there was never a moment when a pioneer was absolutely safe from the fierce or stealthy red man. "Dan'l," said Kenton, in that low, musical voice which was one of his most marked characteristics, "this 'ere bus'ness has took the qu'arest shape of anything that you or me have been mixed up in." "I haven't been mixed up in it, Simon," corrected Boone, turning his somewhat narrow, but clean-shaven face upon the other, and smiling gently in a way that brought the wrinkles around a pair of eyes as blue as those of Kenton himself. "Not yet, but you're powerful sartin to be afore them folks reach the block-house." Boone nodded his head to signify that he agreed with his friend. "You wasn't at the block-house, Dan'l, when the flatboat stopped there?" "No." "Neither was I; I was tramping through the woods on my way to make a call on Mr. Ashbridge." "That's the man who put up the cabin a mile back down the river?" "Yes; you see Norman Ashbridge or his son George-and the same is a powerful likely younker-come down the Ohio last spring in their flatboat, and stopped at the clearing a mile below us, where they put up a tidy cabin. A few weeks ago the father started east to bring down his family in another flatboat. George, the younker, got tired of waiting and set out to meet 'em; him and me come together in the woods, and had a scrimmage with the varmints afore we got on the boat with 'em. Things were purty warm on the way down the river, for The Panther made matters warm for us." "The Panther!" repeated Boone, turning toward his friend; "I was afraid he was mixed up in this." "I should say he was-ruther," replied Kenton, with a grin over the surprise of his older companion. "That chap sneaked onto the boat last night, believing he had a chance to clean us all out. Of course, I knowed what was up, but The Panther made a powerful big mistake. He got mixed up with that darkey you seed-his name is Jethro Juggens-and you may shoot me if the darkey didn't throw him down and hold him fast till we made him prisoner." Boone had heard something of this extraordinary exploit, but he looked questioningly at Kenton, as though he could hardly credit the fact....

How long is The Phantom of the River?

The Phantom of the River by Edward Sylvester Ellis is 330 pages long, and a total of 82,500 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Phantom of the River Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to read The Phantom of the River aloud.

What Reading Level is The Phantom of the River?

The Phantom of the River is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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