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  THE RIVAL CAMPERS Or, THE ADVENTURES OF HENRY BURNS

  By Ruel P. Smith

  ILLUSTRATED BY A. B. SHUTE

  BOSTON L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 1905

  _Copyright_, _1905_ By L. C. Page & Company (INCORPORATED)

  _All rights reserved_

  Published July, 1905

  _Second Impression_ _Third Impression, July, 1906_

  _COLONIAL PRESS Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston. U. S. A._

  WITH LOVE TO _Ruel Stevenson Smith_

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE I. The Camp 1 II. To the Rescue 17 III. A Surprise 32 IV. A Night with Henry Burns 51 V. A Hidden Cave 72 VI. Jack Harvey Investigates 90 VII. Squire Brackett's Dog 109 VIII. The Haunted House 125 IX. Setting a Trap 142 X. A Midnight Adventure 160 XI. An Unpleasant Discovery 181 XII. A Cruise Around the Island 199 XIII. Storm Driven 220 XIV. The Man in the Boat 238 XV. Good for Evil 259 XVI. A Treaty of Friendship 278 XVII. The Fire 290 XVIII. The Flight 306 XIX. The Pursuit 324 XX. Among the Islands 343 XXI. The Trial 364

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE "'Look, Bob! Look!' he cried. 'What have we done?'" (_Frontispiece_) 86 "'What's the matter with you?' roared the Colonel" 67 "'You're the worst one of all, Jack Harvey'" 114 "Craigie reeled under the blow and staggered back against the wall" 173 "Boys and lobster-pot slumped into the sea" 211 "'Will you shake hands with me?' he asked" 279

  THE RIVAL CAMPERS