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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I,
On the Gulf again e e e ° e e e e Page 5
CHAPTER II.
A Surprise ° e e e ° r) ° r 2 « 2b
, CHAPTER III.
Outwitted ° ° e ° ° ° e e e ° ° 45
CHAPTER IV.
Fairly afloat e ° ° e e e ° ° ° e 66
CHAPTER V.
The Deserters e e ° e ° 3 e e ° - 88
CHAPTER VI.
Achapterof Incidents . . ss © -e -« ec “eT
CHAPTER VII.
Don Casper ° e e ° e ° 9 e ° ~ 129
CHAPTER VIII.
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CHAPTER IX.
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CHAPTER X.
Buperiny AM oie Ie ete . Page 181
CHAPTER XI.
“Sheep Ahoy !” ° . . ° . ° ° - 198
CHAPTER XII.
The Banner under fire i : M, . 7 5 . « 214
CHAPTER XIII.
The Spanish Frigate e ° e e e ° ° e 231
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CHAPTER I.
ON THE GULF AGAIN.
ASSURE you, gentlemen, that you do not
regret this mistake more than I do. I would
not have had it happen for anything.”
It was the captain of the revenue cutter who
spoke. He, with Walter Gaylord, Mr. Craven,
- Mr. Chase and the collector of the port, was stand-
ing on the wharf, having just returned with his late
prisoners from the custom-house, whither the young
captain of the Banner had been to provide himself
with clearance papers. ‘The latter had narrated as
_ _ much of the history of Fred Craven’s adventures,
which we have attempted to describe in the first
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volume of this series, as he was acquainted with,
and the recital had thrown the revenue captain inte
a state of great excitement. The yacht was an-
chored in the harbor, a short distance astern of the
cutter, and alongside the wharf lay the only tug of
which the village could boast, the John Basset,
which Mr. Chase and Mr. Craven had hired to carry
them to Lost Island in pursuit of the smugglers. _
‘““There must be some mistake about it,” con-
tinued the captain of the cutter. “A boy captured
by a gang of smugglers and carried to sea in a
dug-out! I never heard of such a thing before. I
know you gentlemen will pardon me for what I have
done, even though you may think me to have been
over-zealous in the discharge of my duty. Your
yacht corresponds exactly with the description given
me of the smuggler.”
‘“¢ You certainly made a great blunder,”’ said Mr.
Craven, who was in very bad humor; ‘and there is
no knowing what it may cost us.”’
‘But you can make some amends for it by start
ing for Lost Island at once,” said Mr. Chase.
** You will find two of the smugglers there, and per-
haps you can compel them to tell you something of
the vessel of which you are in search. More than
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that, they have made a prisoner of my son, anl he
knows what has become of Fred Craven.”
Sy. “Tam at your service. I will sail again imme-
diately, and I shall reach the island about daylight. .
If you gentlemen with your tug arrive there before
I do and need assistance, wait until I come. Cap-
tain Gaylord, if you will step into my gig I shall
be happy to take you on board your vessel. You
may go home now, and these gentlemen and myself
will attend to those fellows out there on Lost Island.
If we find them we shall certainly capture them.”
* And when you do that, I shall not be far
away, replied Walter. , S.
“Why, you are not going to venture out in this
wind again with that cockle-shell, are you?” asked
the captain, in surprise.
“Tam, sir. I built the Banner, and I know what
she can do. She has weathered the Gulf breeze
once to-night, and she can do it again. I am not
going home until I see Fred Craven safe out of
his trouble. In order to find out where he is, I
must have an interview with Henry Chase.”’
Mr. Craven and Mr. Chase, who were impatient
iy to start for Lost Island again, walked off toward
- the tug, and Walter stepped down into the captain’s
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gig and was carried on board the Banner. His
feelings as he sprang on the deck of his vessel were
very different from those he had experienced when
he left her. The last time he clambered over her
rail he was a prisoner, guarded by armed men and
charged with one of the highest crimes known to
the law. Now he was free again, the Banner was
all his own, and he was at liberty to go where he
pleased. — ze
_ “Mr. Butler, send all the cutter’s hands into the
gig,’’ said the revenue captain, as he sprang on
board the yacht.
““ Very good, sir,” replied the lieutenant. . *‘ Pass
‘the word for all the prize crew to muster on the
quarter-deck.”’ ;
“‘ Banner’s men, ahoy!” shouted Walter, thrust-
ie ing his head down the companion-way. “Up you
come with a jump. Perk, get under way imme-
diately.”’
For a few seconds confusion reigned supreme on
board the yacht. The revenue men who had been
lying about the deck came aft in a body; those
who had been guarding the prisoners in the cabin
sambled up the ladder, closely followed by the boy
crew, who, delighted to find themselves once more
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at liberty, shouted and hurrahed until they were
hoarse.
*¢ All hands stand by the capstan!” yelled Perk.
** Never mind the anchor,” said Walter. ‘* Get
to sea at once.”
‘¢ Hugene, slip the chain,” shouted Perk. “Stand
by the halliards fore and aft.”’
“Hold on a minute, captain,” exclaimed the
master of the cutter, who had been extremely. polite
and even cringing ever since he learned that the
boys who had been his prisoners were the sons of
the wealthiest and most influential men about Bell-
ville. ‘I should like an opportunity to muster my
crew, if you please.”’
~ Can you not do that on board your own vessel ?”’
asked Walter.
“T might under ordinary circumstances, but of
late my men have been seizing every opportunity to
leave me, and I am obliged to watch them very
closely. They have somehow learned that a Cuban
privateer, which has escaped from New York, is
lying off Havana waiting for a crew, and they are
deserting me by dozens. There may be some (le-
-serters stowed away about this yacht, for all I
know.’ :
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“Never mind,” replied Walter, who was so im-
patient to get under way that he could think of
nothing else. ‘If there are, I will return them to
you when I meet you at Lost Island. Good-bye,
captain, and if you see me on the Gulf again don’t
forget that I have papers now.”
By this time the Banner was fairly under sail.
Perk saw that the revenue men were still on board,
and knew that they would have some difficulty in
getting into their boat when the yacht was scudding
down the harbor at the rate of eight knots an hour,
but that made no difference to him. His com-
mander had ordered him to get under way, and he
did it without the loss of a moment. He slipped
the anchor, hoisted the same sails the Banner had
carried when battling with the Gulf breeze three
hours before, and in a few seconds more was drag-
ging the revenue gig through the water at a faster
rate than she had ever travelled before. Her crew
tumbled over the rail one after another, and when
they were all in the boat Bab cast off the painter,
and the Banner sped on her way, leaving the gig
behind.
“What was the matter, Walter? did they really
take us for smugglers ?’”’ asked the Club in concert,
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as they gathered about the young saptain. ‘‘ What
did you tell them; and has anything new happened
that you are going to sea again in such a hurry ?”
‘“¢ Ask your questions one at a time and they will
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last longer,’’ replied Walter; who then proceeded
in a very few words to explain matters. The cap-
tain of the cutter had really been stupid enough to
believe that the Banner was a smuggler, he said,
and so certain was he of the fact that he would
listen to no explanation. Mr. Craven had told him
the story of the two smugglers who had taken a
prisoner to Lost Island, but the revenue commander
would not believe a word of it, and persisted in his
determination to take his captives to the village.
When they arrived there and the collector of the
port had been called up, of course the matter was
quickly settled, and then the captain appeared to be
very sorry for what he had done, and was as plau-
sible and fawning as he had before been insolent and
overbearing. Pierre and his father would certainly
be captured now, for Mr. Chase and Mr. Craven
had chartered the John Bassett to carry them to
Lost Island, and the revenue captain would also sail
at once and render all the assistance in his power.
“Humph!” exclaimed Eugene, when Walter
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finished his story, ‘‘ We don’t want any of his help,
or the tug’s either. Crack on, Walter, and let’s
reach the island and have the work over before they
get there.”
‘‘That would be useless,” answered the cautious
young captain. “The Banner’s got as much as
she can carry already; and besides we can’t expect
to compete with a tug or a vessel of the size of the
cutter. If we reach the island in time to see Chase
rescued, I shall be satisfied. If any of you are in
want of.sleep you may go below, and Bab and I
will manage the yacht.”
But none of the Club felt the need of rest just
then. Things were getting too exciting. With a cou-
ple of smugglers before them to be captured, two swift
rival pursuers behind, to say nothing of the gale
and the waves which tossed the staunch little Banner
about like a nut-shell, and the intense impatience
and anxiety they felt to learn something of the sit-
uation of the missing secretary—under circumstances
like these sleep was not to be thought of. They
spent the next half hour in discussing the exciting
adventures that had befallen them since their en-
counter with Bayard Bell and his crowd, and then
Eugene, after sundry emphatic injunctions from his
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brother to keep his weather eye open and mind
what he was about, took Perk’s place at the wheel,
while the latter, who always acted as ship’s cook in
the absence of Sam the negro, went below to pre-
pare the eatables which Walter had provided >efore
leaving home. The baskets containing the provi-
sions had been taken into the galley. In the floor
of this galley was a small hatchway leading into the
hold where the water-butts, fuel for the stove, tool-
chests, ballast, and extra rigging were stowed away ;
and when Perk approached the galley from the
cabin he was surprised to see that the hatchway
was open, and that a faint light, like that emitted
by a match, was shining through it from below.
The sight was 2 most unexpected one, and for an
instant Perk stood paralyzed with alarm. His face’
grew as pale as death, and his heart seemed to stop
beating. Who had been careless enough to open
that hatch and go into the hold with an uncovered
light? Eugene of course—he was always doing
‘something he had no business to do—and he had
set fire to some of the combustible matter there.
Perk had often heard Uncle Dick tell how it felt
to have one’s vessel burned under hin, and shud-
_ dering at the recital, had hoped most fervently that
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he might never know the feeling by experience
But now he was in a fair way to learn all about it.
Already he imagined the Banner a charred and
smoking wreck, and he and his companions tossing
about on the waves clinging to spars and life-buoys.
These thoughts passed through Perk’s mind in one
second of time; then recovering the use of his legs
and his tongue, he sprang forward and shouted out
one word which rang through the cabin, and fell
with startling distinctness upon the ears of the
watchful crew on deck.
“Fire!” yelled Perk, with all the power of his
lungs.
That was all he said, but it was enough to strike
terror to the heart of every one of the boy sailors
who heard it. Somebody else heard it too—some
persons who did not belong to the Banner, and who
had no business on board of her. Perk did not
know it then, but he found it out a moment after-
wards when he entered the galley, for, just as he
seized the hatch, intending to close the opening
that led into the hold and thus shut out the draft,
a crizzly head suddenly appeared from below, one
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the combings, and the other was raised to prevent
the descent of the hatch. :
If it is possible for a boy to see four things at
once, to come to a conclusion on four different
"points, to act, and to do it all in less than half a
second of time, Perk certainly performed the feat.
He saw that the man who so suddenly made his
appearance in the hatchway was dressed in the uni-
_ form of the revenue service; that he had a com-
panion in the hold; that the latter was in the act
of taking an adze from the tool-chest; and that he
held in his hand a smoky lantern which gave out
the faint, flickering light that shone through the
hatchway..
_ When the boy had noted these things, some scraps
of the conversation he had overheard between Wal-
ter and the revenue captain came into his mind.
These men were deserters from the cutter, and he
had discovered them just in time to prevent mis-
chief. They were preparing to make an immediate
attack upon the Banner’s crew, and had provided
themselves with weapons to overcome any opposi-
tion they might meet. If they were allowed to
come on deck they would take the vessel out of the
hands of her crew, and shape her course toward
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Havana, where the Cuban privateer was supposed to
- belying. Perk did not object to the men joining
the privateer if they felt so inclined—that was the
revenue captain’s business, and not his—but he was
determined that they should not assume control of
the Banner, and take her so far into the Gulf in
- such a gale if he could prevent it.
“ Avast, there !’’ exclaimed the sailor, in a savage
‘tone of voice, placing his hand against the hatch to
keep Perk from slamming it down on his head.
“‘We want to come up.” :
“But I want you to stay down,” replied the boy ;
‘Sand we'll see who will have his way.”
The sailor made an upward spring, and Perk
flung down the hatchway at the same moment,
throwing all his weight upon it as he did so. The
result was a collision between the man’s head and
the planks of which the hatchway was composed,
the head getting the worst of it. The deserter was
knocked over on the opposite side of the opening
and caught and held as if he had been in a vise,
his breast being pressed against the combings, and
the sharp corner of the hatch, with Perk’s one hun-
dred and forty pounds on top of it, falling across»
his shoulders. er
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“ Now just listen to me a minute, and I'll tell
you what’s a fact,” said the boy, who, finding that
the enemy was secured beyond all possibility of es-
cape, began to recover his usual coolness and cour-
age; “I’ve got you.”
‘* But you had better let me go mighty sudden,”
replied the sailor, struggling desperately to seize
Perk over his shoulder. ‘‘ Push up the hatch,
Tom,” he added, addressing his confederate below.
All these events, which we have been so long in
narrating, occupied scarcely a minute in taking
place. Walter sprang toward the companion-way °
the instant Perk’s wild cry fell upon his ears, and
pale and breathless burst into the cabin, followed by
Bab and Wilson. When he opened the door he.
discovered Perk in the position we have described.
A single glance at the uniform worn by the man
whose head and shoulders were protruding from the
hatchway, was enough to explain everything.
‘Now, here’s a go!” exclaimed Bab, in great .
amazement.
‘Yes; and there’ll be a worse go than this if
you don’t let me out,’ replied the prisoner, say-
agely. ‘ Push up the hatch, Tom.”
“The revenue captain was right in his suspicions
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after all, wasn’t he?’ said Walter, as he and Wilson
advanced and wrested the hatchet from the sailor's
hand. “I don’t think that your attempt to reach
Cuba will be very successful, my friend.”
‘‘That remains to be seen. Push up the hatch,
Tom. If I once get on deck I'll make a scattering
among these young sea’ monkeys. Push up the
hatch, I tell you.” |
This was the very thing the man below had been
trying to do from the first, but without success.
The hatchway was small, and was so nearly filled
by the body of the prisoner, who was a burly fellow,
that his companion in the hold had no chance to
exert his strength. He could not place his shoul-
ders against the hatch, and there was no handspike
in the hold, or even a billet of wood strong enough
to lift with. He breathed hard and uttered a good
many threats, but accomplished nothing.
**T wish now I had given that captain time to
muster his men,’ said Walter. ‘This fellow is a
deserter from the cutter, of course; but he shall
never go to Havana in our yacht. Bab, go on deck
and: bring down three handspikes.”’ -
Bab disappeared, and when he returned with the
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implements, Walter took one and handed Wilson
another.
‘Now, Perk,’ continued the young captain,
“take a little of your weight off the hatch and let
that man go back into the hold. We'd rather have
him down there than up here.”’ pet ge
“IT know it,” said Perk. ‘But just listen to me,
and I’ll tell you what’s a fact: Perhaps he won't
go back.”
“‘T think he will,’’ answered Walter, in a very
significant tone of voice. ‘‘ He'd rather go back
of his own free will than be knocked back. Try
him and see.”’
Perk got off the hatch, and the sailor, after
taking a look at the handspikes that were flourished
over his head, slid back into the hold without utter-
ing a word; while Bab, hardly waiting until his .
head was below the combings, slammed down the
hatch, threw the bar over it and confined it with a
padlock. This done, the four boys stood looking at
cne another with blanched cheeks.
‘‘ Where’s the fire, Perk?’ asked Walter.
“There is none, I am glad to say. The light I
saw shining from the hold came from a lantern that
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those fellows have somehow got into their pos-
session.”
“Well, I'd rather fight the deserters than take
my chances with a fire if it was once fairly started,”
replied Walter, much relieved. ‘“ How many of
them are there?”
‘“‘Oaly two that I saw. But they can do a great
deal of mischief if they feel in the humor for it.”
“¢ That is just what I was thinking of,” chimed in
Bab. ‘You take it very coolly, Walter. Don’t
you know that if they get desperate they can set
fire to the yacht, or bore through the bottom and
sink her ?”’
“‘T thought of all that before we drove that man
back there; but what else could we have done? If
we had brought him up here to tie him, he would
. ave attacked us as soon as he touched the deck,
and engaged our attention until his companion could
come to his assistance. Perk, you and Wilson stay
down here and guard that hatch. Call me if you
hear anything.”
‘| hear something now,” said Wilson.
“So do I,” exclaimed Perk. “TI hear those fel-
lows swearing and storming about in the hold; but
they won’t get out that way, I guess.”
THE SPORTSMANS CLUB AFLOAT. 21
Walter and Bab returned to the deck and found
Eugene in a high state of excitement, and impatient
to hear all about the fire. He was much relieved,
although his excitement did not in the least abate,
to learn that the danger that had threatened the
yacht was of an entirely different character, and
that by Perk’s prompt action it had been averted,
at least for the present. Of course he could not
stay on deck after so thrilling a scene had been
enacted below. He gave the wheel into his brother’s
hands, and went down into the galley to see how
things looked there.. He listened in great amaze-
ment to Perk’s account of the affair, and placed his
ear at the hatch inthe hope of hearing something
that would tell him what the prisoners were about.
But all was silent below. The deserters had ceased —
their swearing and threatening, and were no doubt
trying to decide what they should do next.
The crew of the yacht were not nearly so confi-
dant and jubilant as they had been before this inci- |
dent happened, and nothing more was said about
the lunch. The presence of two desperate charac-
ters on board their vessel was enough to awaken
the most serious apprehensions in their minds.
During the rest of the voyage they were on the
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alert to check any attempt at escape on the part of
the prisoners, and those on deck caught up hand-
spikes and rushed down into the cabin at every un-
usual sound. But the journey was accomplished
without any mishap, and finally the bluffs on Lost
Island began to loom up through the darkness.
After sailing around the island without discovering
any signs of the smugglers, the Banner came about,
and running before the wind like a frightened deer,
held for the cove into which Chase and his captors
had gone with the pirogue a few hours before. The
young captain, with his speaking-trumpet in his
hand, stood upon the rail, the halliards were manned
fore and aft, and the careful Bab sent to the wheel.
These precautions were taken because the Banner
was now about to perform the most dangerous part
of her voyage to the island. The entrance to the
cove was narrow, and the cove itself extended but
a short distance inland, so that if the yacht’s speed
were not checked at the proper moment, the force .
with which she was driven by the gale, would send
her high and dry upon the beach.
The little vessel flew along. with the speed of an
arrow, seemingly on the point of dashing herself in
pieces on the rocks, against which the surf beat with
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a roar like that of a dozen cannon; but, under the
skilful management of her young captain, doubled
the projecting point in safety, and was carried on
the top of a huge wave into the still waters of the
cove. Now was the critical moment, and had Wal-
ter been up and doing he might have saved the
Banner from the catastrophe which followed. But
he did not give an order, and it is more than likely
that he would not have been obeyed if he had. He
and his crew stood rooted to the deck, bagifigered
by the scene that burst upon their view. see
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Snowed up; or, The Sportsman’s Club in the
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Prank Nelson in the Forecastle; or, the Sports-
man’s Club among the Whalers. Illustrated. r6mo.
The Boy Traders; or, The Sportsman’s Club “we
the Boers. Illustrated. TOMO |.0s 2 ele be ee
$1 25
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PORTER & COATES’S POPULAR JUVENILES.
BOY TRAPPER SERIES. _ By Harry Castle-
mon. - In box containing the following. 3 vols. 16mo.
igtneextraspiackoand Cold. 4s 26 6 4 eo ee
(Sold separately.)
The Buried Treasure; or, Old Jordan’s “ Haunt.”
Being the 1st volume of the “ Boy Trapper Series.”
PURER ONO fo co ek ota esol es ee le
The Boy Trapper; or, How Dave filled the Order.
Being the 2d volume of the “ ney Trapper Series.”
dMustvated.* 16mo.. 2. aera is
*- e e@ @
The Mail Carrier. Being the oe and concluding vol-
ume of the “‘ Boy Trapper Series.”’ Illustrated. 16mo.
ROUGHING ITSERIBS. By Harry Castlemon.
In box containing the following. 3 vols. Cloth,
Ci APOE Sy Gire\ (Ge cies en igrie a nas
(Sold separately.)
George in Camp; or, Life on the Plains. Being the
Ist volume of the ‘“‘ Roughing It Series.”” Illustrated.
16mo ae.) &.. 6 2 8, a e e e J . ss ° e °. e s . J
George at the Wheel; or, Life in a Pilot House.
Being the 2d volume of the « Roughing It Series.’
Pere e LOMO sc: oe etd sas le le
George at the Fort; or, Life Among the Soldiers.
Being the 3d and concluding volume of the “ Rough-
ieetceres, . dilustrated. >’ 16nioy eS
RCwv AND GUN SERIES. By Harry Castlemon.
In box containing the following. 3 vols. Cloth,
extra, black and gold. .... eee Chie ater ata
(Sold separately).
Don Gordon's Shooting Box. Being the Ist vol-
ume of the “Rod and Gun Series.’’ Illustrated.
RIVE ce curs ie ee a's Ac SRP are he ay ey
Rod and Gun. Being the second volume of the
“Rod and Gun Series.”’ Illustrated. 16mo.
The Young Wild-Fowlers. Being the third vol-
ume of the * Rod and Gun Series.” Iliustrated. 16mo,
$3 75
Alger’s Renowned Books.
Horatio Alger, Jr., has attained distinction as one of the most
popular writers of books fér boys, and the following list com-
prises all of his best books.
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
RAGGED DICK SERIES. By Horatio Alger, -
Jr., in box containing the following. 6 vols. 16mo.
Cloth; extra, black and gold: ., .°. ls «..ssneeeeene
(Sold separately.)
Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York. TIlus-
trated. . rQm0e Geena
The Young Miner; or, Tom Nelson in California.
Illustrated." “16mo.” wise 5) + te), bo
The Young Explorer; or, Among the Sierras. Il-
suSIPStEG. el OMO. Die a. haya <0, ce Sep: eer
' Ben’s Nugget; or, A Boy’s Search for Fortune. A
Story of the Pacific Coast. Illustrated. 1I6mo... .
The Young Circus Rider; or, The Mystery of
Robert Rudd. Being the Ist volume of the “ Atlantic
Series.”” Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth, extra, black
ald Bold. wis os pe oY ee es Se
$5 00
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Do and Dare; or, A Brave Boy’s Fight for Fortune.
Being the 2d volume of the “ Atlantic Series.”’ Illus-
trated. 16mo. Cloth, extra, black and gold. . . . $1 25
Hector’s Inheritance; or, Boys of Smith Institute.
Being the 3d volume of the “ Atlantic Series.” Illus-
trated. 16mo. Cloth, extra, black and gold. ... I 25
By U. A. Stephens.
Rare books for boys—bright, breezy, wholesome and instruc-
tive—full of adventure and incident, and information upon
natural history—they blend instruction with amusement—contain
much useful and valuable information upon the habits of animals,
and plenty of adventure, fun and jollity.
CAMPING OUT SERIES. ByC. A. Stephens.
In box containing the following. 6 vols. 16mo.
Semeeeextta, Diack and gold’. .°. 2. 2 ek ewes $7 50
(Sold separately.)
Camping Out. As recorded by “Kit.” With eight
Will-pace aiusitgtions.. 1Omo0. . «2 . «'s ss « I 25
Left on Labrador; or, The Cruise of the Schooner
Yacht “Curlew”? As recorded by “Wash.” With
eight full-page illustrations. I6mo......... I 25
Off to the Geysers; or, The Young Yachters in
Iceland. As recorded by “ Wade.” With eight full-
Pee ANOUS LOMO. 6 ss) fe on ed) se ote I 25
Lynx Hunting. From Notes by the Author of
“Camping Out.” With eight full-page illustrations.
Mere heats ee ee ee ks we I 25
Fox Hunting. As recorded by “Raed.” With ese
full-page illustrations. I6mo....... : I 25
On the Amazon; or, the Cruise of the “ Rambler.”
As recorded by “Wash.” With eight full-page illus-
rea LOUIS ee Me Vel ah gh ere leiyaie. oe 2 25
8 PORTER & COATES’S POPULAR JUVENILES. -
By jJ. U. Crowbridge.
These stories will rank among the best of Mr. Trowbridge’s
books for the young, and he has written some of the best of our
juvenile literature.
JACK HAZARD SERIES. By J. T. Trowbridge.
In box containing the following. 6 vols. 16mo.
Cloth; extra, black and gold“<7.'°. =) =. eee » os ie 5
(Sold separately. )
Jack Hazard and his Fortunes. With ee.
illustrations; ... siete Ra Fa i
(Sold separately.)
Wed in the Block House; or, Life on the Frontier.
Being the Ist volume of the “Boy Pioneer Series.’
Illustrated. : 16mosRaiegee. «so. I 25
Ned in the Woods. Being the 2d volume of the
“Boy Pioneer Serresv’*' Illustrated. 16mo. . Seep outues
Ned on the River. Being the 3d volume of the
“Boy Pioneer Series.”’ Illustrated. I6mo-.... I 25
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