discobered

Updated: August 2, 2026

I almost run into him, an' den I discobered it was dat good-fo'-nuffin Dan Baxter." "He was watching the houseboat?" "Dat's it." "Did he recognize you, Aleck?" "Not till I spoke to him. I said, `Wot yo' doin' heah, Dan Baxter? When he heard dat he 'most jumped a foot. Den he mutters sumthing wot I couldn't make out an' runs away." "Did you go after him?" "Yes, but I couldn't cotch him nohow.

Edward Stratemeyer - The Rover Boys on the River: The Search for the Missing Houseboat