CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE BOYS OF OAK HALL 1
II. A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST 10
III. THREE CHUMS ON THE RIVER 19
IV. A PLOT TO "SQUARE UP" 28
V. WHAT THE PLOT LED TO 37
VI. THE FUN OF A NIGHT 46
VII. GUS PLUM'S MYSTERIOUS OFFER 55
VIII. SHADOW HAMILTON'S CONFESSION 64
IX. ABOUT ATHLETIC CONTESTS 72
X. HOW A RACE WAS WON 81
XI. A FIGHT AND ITS RESULT 90
XII. SHADOW AS A SOMNAMBULIST 100
XIII. A PHOTOGRAPH OF IMPORTANCE 110
XIV. A GLEAM OF LIGHT 119
XV. WINDING UP THE SCHOOL TERM 128
XVI. PREPARING FOR A LONG TRIP 137
XVII. THE TRIP TO THE FAR WEST 146
XVIII. SAILING OF THE "STORMY PETREL" 155
XIX. DAYS ON THE OCEAN 164
XX. CAUGHT IN A STORM 174
XXI. CAVASA ISLAND AT LAST 183
XXII. ABOUT SOME MISSING MEN 192
XXIII. IN WHICH THE SUPERCARGO IS CORNERED 201
XXIV. THE CARGO MYSTERY EXPLAINED 210
XXV. SWEPT ONWARD BY A TIDAL WAVE 219
XXVI. EXPLORING A TROPICAL ISLAND 228
XXVII. A MAP AND A PLOT 237
XXVIII. MAROONED 245
XXIX. THE COMING OF THE NATIVES 254
XXX. THE RETAKING OF THE "STORMY PETREL" 262
XXXI. LIFTING THE CURTAIN 270
XXXII. HOMEWARD BOUND--CONCLUSION 278