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  THE LAUNCH BOYS SERIES

  THE LAUNCH BOYS ADVENTURESIN NORTHERN WATERS

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  THE LAUNCH BOYS SERIES

  Timely and fascinating stories of adventure onthe water, accurate in detail and intenselyinteresting in narration.

  ByEDWARD S. ELLIS

  First VolumeTHE LAUNCH BOYS' CRUISE IN THE DEERFOOT

  Second VolumeTHE LAUNCH BOYS' ADVENTURES IN NORTHERN WATERS

  The Launch Boys series is bound in uniformstyle of cloth with side and back stamped withnew and appropriate design in colors. Illustratedby Burton Donnel Hughes.

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

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  NONE SUSPECTED THE MEANING OF WHAT THEY SAW]

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  THE LAUNCH BOYS SERIES

  THE LAUNCH BOYS' ADVENTURES IN NORTHERN WATERS

  ByEDWARD S. ELLIS

  Author of "The Flying Boys Series,""Deerfoot Series," etc., etc.

  Illustrated byBURTON DONNEL HUGHES

  The John C. Winston CompanyPhiladelphia

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  Copyright, 1912, byThe John C. Winston Company

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  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 284XXVIII. 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

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  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGENONE SUSPECTED THE MEANING OF WHAT THEY SAW FrontispieceLIKE A SWALLOW SKIMMING CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. 233"GIVE ME YOUR HAND ON THAT." 292

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