Copper Coleson's Ghost

  Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan,Special Collections of the University of Florida Library,and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttps://www.pgdp.net

  “A FIGURE CATAPULTED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE” (_See page 295_)]

  Copper Coleson’s Ghost

  _By_ EDWARD P. HENDRICK Author of “THE CRUISE OF THE SALLY”

  _Illustrated by_ HAROLD CUE

  L. C. PAGE & COMPANY BOSTON PUBLISHERS

  _Copyright, 1930_ By L. C. Page & Company (INCORPORATED) _All rights reserved_

  Made in U. S. A.

  First Impression, August, 1930

  COMPOSED, PLATED AND PRINTED BY C. H. SIMONDS COMPANY BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A.

  BECAUSE THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND CRITICISM HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO ME DURING THE WRITING OF THIS STORY, I AM DEDICATING IT TO MY BOYS BOB AND JACK

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE I. Friends—New and Old 1 II. Copper Coleson 19 III. The Haunted Mine 29 IV. The Race 37 V. A Strange Conversation 52 VI. In Training 64 VII. The Big Game 74 VIII. A Summer Proposition 87 IX. Housecleaning 103 X. A Note from a Ghost 110 XI. The Light on the Wall 118 XII. Warnings 127 XIII. The Night Watch 140 XIV. The Mystery Ship 152 XV. Weary Ceases to Scoff 167 XVI. Puzzled 182 XVII. A Sinister Discovery 191 XVIII. The Apparition at the Dance 212 XIX. A Startling Disclosure 229 XX. Exploring the Tunnel 243 XXI. Trapped in the Mine 252 XXII. A Daring Attempt 262 XXIII. Escape 273 XXIV. The Chase and Capture 285 XXV. Profits 298

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE “A figure catapulted from the rear of the vehicle” (_See page 295_) _Frontispiece_ “‘We’ve got ’em licked!’ screamed Dick” 46 “From the oak panel fluttered a scrap of paper” 137 “Ned brought him down with a hard diving tackle” 231