The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle (1909)
by Arthur M. Winfield
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THE ROVER BOYS

ON TREASURE ISLE


OR


THE STRANGE CRUISE OF THE
STEAM YACHT


BY

ARTHUR M. WINFIELD

(Edward Stratemeyer)


ILLUSTRATED


NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

IT WAS EXCITING TO BRING THE ROWBOAT THROUGH THE PASSAGE.—Page 188.

The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle.

INTRODUCTION.

My Dear Boys: This is a complete tale in itself, but forms the thirteenth volume of the "Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."

This line of books was started some ten years ago with the publication of the first three volumes, "The Rover Boys at School," "The Rover Boys on the Ocean" and "The Rover Boys in the Jungle." At that time I thought to end the series with a fourth volume—provided the readers wanted another. But with the publication of "The Rover Boys Out West," came a cry for "more!" and so I added "On the Great Lakes," "In the Mountains," "In Camp," "On Land and Sea," "On the River," "On the Plains," "In Southern Waters" and "On the Farm," where we last left our friends.

For a number of years Tom, Dick and Sam have attended a military academy, but now their school days at Putnam Hall are at an end, and we find them getting ready to go to college. But before leaving home for the higher seat of learning they take a remarkable cruise on a steam yacht, searching for an island upon which it is said a large treasure is hidden. They are accompanied on this trip by their father and a number of friends, and have several adventures somewhat out of the ordinary, and also a good bit of fun–for there is bound to be fun when Tom Rover is around. They lose themselves and lose their yacht, and once some of them come pretty close to losing their lives, but in the end—well, the story will tell the rest.

I cannot close without again thanking my many friends for all the nice things they have said about the "Rover Boys" stories and the "Putnam Hall" stories. I trust the present volume will fulfill every fair expectation.

Affectionately and sincerely yours,

Edward Stratemeyer

CONTENTS



CHAPTER PAGE
I. Bound for Home 1
II. An Important Telegram 11
III. Fun on the Farm 19
IV. A Midnight Search 29
V. At the Old Mill 39
VI. The Story of a Treasure 50
VII. In Which Something Is Missing 60
VIII. The Rover Boys in New York 70
IX. A Chase on the Bowery 80
X. Dick Becomes a Prisoner 90
XI. Aboard the Steam Yacht 100
XII. Something About Firecrackers 111
XIII. A Wild Automobile Ride 120
XIV. What a Roman Candle Did 130
XV. The Sailing of the Steam Yacht 140
XVI. A Row on Shipboard 150
XVII. A Mishap in the Fog 159
XVIII. The New Deck Hand 169
XIX. Treasure Isle at Last 179
XX. The Boys Make a Discovery 189
XXI. Scaring Off the Enemy 198
XXII. Prisoners in the Forest 208
XXIII. What Wingate Had to Tell 218
XXIV. A Missing Landmark 226
XXV. The Trail Through the Jungle 234
XXVI. A Dismaying Discovery 241
XXVII. What Happened on the Steam Yacht 249
XXVIII. A New Move of the Enemy 257
XXIX. The Hunt for the Treasure 265
XXX. Homeward Bound—Conclusion 275



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