The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters

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CHAPTER I A Proposal and an Acceptance

CHAPTER II The Scout of the Kennebec

CHAPTER III At the Inlet

CHAPTER IV A STRANGE RACE

CHAPTER V The Loser of the Race

CHAPTER VI A Warm Reception

CHAPTER VII Science versus Strength

CHAPTER VIII The Lone Guest

CHAPTER IX A Break Down

CHAPTER X At Beartown

CHAPTER XI At the Post Office in Beartown

CHAPTER XII Hostesses and Guests

CHAPTER XIII An Incident on Shipboard

CHAPTER XIV " The Night Shall be Filled with Music "

CHAPTER XV A Knock at the Door

CHAPTER XVI Visitors of the Night

CHAPTER XVII " Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow "

CHAPTER XVIII A Clever Trick

CHAPTER XIX In the Nick of Time

CHAPTER XX " I Piped and Ye Danced "

CHAPTER XXI How It Was Done

CHAPTER XXII A Startling Discovery

CHAPTER XXIII Through the Fog

CHAPTER XXIV Bad for Mike Murphy

CHAPTER XXV What Saved Mike

CHAPTER XXVI The Good Samaritans

CHAPTER XXVII An Unwelcome Caller

CHAPTER XXVIII Plucking a Brand From the Burning

CHAPTER XXIX " The Beautiful Isle of Somewhere "

CHAPTER XXX A Through Ticket to Home

CHAPTER XXXI Gathering Up the Ravelled Threads

THE LAUNCH BOYS SERIES

THE LAUNCH BOYS ADVENTURES

IN NORTHERN WATERS


THE LAUNCH BOYS SERIES

Timely and fascinating stories of adventure on the water, accurate in detail and intensely interesting in narration.

—BY—

EDWARD S. ELLIS


First Volume

THE LAUNCH BOYS’ CRUISE IN THE
DEERFOOT

Second Volume

THE LAUNCH BOYS’ ADVENTURES IN
NORTHERN WATERS


The Launch Boys Series is bound in uniform style of cloth with side and back stamped with new and appropriate design in colors. Illustrated by Burton Donnel Hughes.

Price, single volume $0.60
Price, per set of two volumes, in attractive box $1.20


THE LAUNCH BOYS SERIES


The

Launch Boys’ Adventures

In Northern Waters

BY

EDWARD S. ELLIS

Author of “The Flying Boys Series,”
“Deerfoot Series,” etc., etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
BURTON DONNEL HUGHES


THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY

PHILADELPHIA


Copyright, 1912, by

The John C. Winston Company


CONTENTS


CHAPTER PAGE
I.   A Proposal and an Acceptance   9
II.   The Scout of the Kennebec   19
III.   At the Inlet   29
IV.   A STRANGE RACE   40
V.   The Loser of the Race   51
VI.   A Warm Reception   62
VII.   Science versus Strength   72
VIII.   The Lone Guest   83
IX.   A Break Down   93
X.   At Beartown   104
XI.   At the Post Office in Beartown   115
XII.   Hostesses and Guests   126
XIII.   An Incident on Shipboard   137
XIV.   The Night Shall be Filled with Music”   147
XV.   A Knock at the Door   155
XVI.   Visitors of the Night   166
XVII.   Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow”   177
XVIII.   A Clever Trick   188
XIX.   In the Nick of Time   198
XX.   I Piped and Ye Danced”   208
XXI.   How It Was Done   219
XXII.   A Startling Discovery   230
XXIII.   Through the Fog   242
XXIV.   Bad for Mike Murphy   252
XXV.   What Saved Mike   263
XXVI.   The Good Samaritans   273
XXVII.   An Unwelcome Caller   284
XXVIII.   Plucking a Brand From the Burning   296
XXIX.   The Beautiful Isle of Somewhere”   307
XXX.   A Through Ticket to Home   318
XXXI.   Gathering Up the Ravelled Threads   329

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


PAGE
None Suspected the Meaning of What They Saw Frontispiece
Like a Swallow Skimming Close to the Surface. 233
Give Me Your Hand on That. 292

The Launch Boys’ Adventures

in Northern Waters


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