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  THE CASTAWAYS OF PETE'S PATCH

  _by_

  Carroll Watson Rankin

  _Illustrated by_

  ADA C. WILLIAMSON

  _Frontispiece and jacket illustrations by_ MIRIAM SELSS

  How many girls have wished to spend a summer in a real camp on theshores of a lake, with soft grass, kind to bare feet, comfortable campbeds of fragrant balsam tips and plenty of real adventure.

  Here are our friends of the Dandelion Cottage marooned on a point ofland. Indian boys, a castaway sailor lad, and many other happeningsfill this book full of delight for the girls, who, having read theearlier volumes of the series, will be glad to meet again these cheerylittle lassies of the justly famous Dandelion Cottage Series.

  IT SEEMED TO MABEL THAT SHE COULD DETECT A SOUND OFBREATHING]

  Dandelion Series

  THE CASTAWAYS OF PETE'S PATCH

  (_A Sequel to The Adopting of Rosa Marie_)

  BY

  CARROLL WATSON RANKIN

  Author of "Dandelion Cottage," "The Girls of Gardenville," etc.

  _With Illustrations by_ ADA C. WILLIAMSON

  NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

  COPYRIGHT, 1911,

  BY

  HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

  August, 1937

  PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY RAHWAY, N. J.

  TO

  ERNEST AND BERWICK

  AND ALL OTHER GOOD CAMPERS

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION xi I. AN INNOCENT PLAN 1 II. THE TROUBLED WHALE 12 III. A PREDICAMENT 24 IV. A NIGHT OUT 36 V. THE MISSING WHALE 49 VI. THE COMING OF DAVE 59 VII. DELIVERED BY DAVE 68 VIII. THE PANGS OF HUNGER 78 IX. AN EXCITING AFTERNOON 87 X. A STORMY NIGHT 100 XI. DRY CLOTHES FOR FIVE 110 XII. MABEL'S ASTONISHING DISCOVERY 118 XIII. BREAKING THE NEWS 127 XIV. A MISSING MESSENGER 136 XV. DOCTOR DAVE 147 XVI. A VALUABLE INSECT 158 XVII. THE GAME WARDEN'S VISIT 168 XVIII. THE BOY'S NAME 179 XIX. A BELATED TRAVELER 188 XX. A SURPRISE PARTY 199 XXI. DAVE MAKES HIMSELF USEFUL 213 XXII. A TWISTED CONSCIENCE 225 XXIII. BILLY'S MEMORY 234 XXIV. A MUTUAL FRIEND 241 XXV. A CAPTURED FISHERMAN 252 XXVI. IN FAIRYLAND 264 XXVII. A VISITOR FOR LADDIE 274 XXVIII. BREAKING CAMP 285

  THE PERSONS OF THE STORY

  BETTIE TUCKER} JEANIE MAPES } Once of Dandelion Cottage, now MARJORY VALE } of Pete's Patch. MABEL BENNETT}

  HENRIETTA BEDFORD: Their Chum.

  MR. BLACK: A Childless but Fatherly Man.

  MRS. CRANE: His Warm-hearted Sister.

  DAVE GURNEAU: A Good and Bad Half-breed.

  MAHJIGEEZIGOQUA: An Old Acquaintance.

  MR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS: Mr. Black's Right-hand.

  MISS BLOSSOM: A Timely Visitor.

  ROSA MARIE: A Very Young Old Friend.

  TERRIBLE TIM: Always to the Point.

  BILLY BLUE-EYES: The Most Cast-away of all the Cast-aways.

  A Number of Parents and Other Necessary Grown-ups.