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Jack Harvey's Adventures Or, The Rival Campers Among the Oyster Pirates
By Ruel Perley Smith
Author of "The Rival Campers Series," "Prisoners of Fortune," etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY Louis D. Gowing
BOSTON L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 1908
RIVAL CAMPERS SERIES BY RUEL PERLEY SMITH
Each 1 vol., large 12mo, illustrated, $1.50
The Rival Campers The Rival Campers Afloat The Rival Campers Ashore Jack Harvey's Adventures Or, The Rival Campers Among the Oyster Pirates
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY New England Building, Boston, Mass.
Copyright, 1908 By L. C. Page & Company (INCORPORATED) All rights reserved
First Impression, September, 1908
Electrotyped and Printed at THE COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
TO Lucy E. Cyr With the Author's Love
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. Harvey Makes an Acquaintance 1 II. The Cabin of the Schooner 12 III. Down the Bay 25 IV. Aboard the Bug-eye 40 V. The Law of the Bay 52 VI. The Working of the Law 62 VII. Dredging Fleet Tactics 75 VIII. A Night's Poaching 85 IX. Faces through the Telescope 102 X. Flight and Disaster 117 XI. Harvey Sends a Message to Shore 132 XII. Escape at Last 149 XIII. Henry Burns Makes a Discovery 163 XIV. Harvey Meets with a Loss 181 XV. Henry Burns in Trouble 199 XVI. Artie Jenkins Comes Aboard 212 XVII. Artie Jenkins at the Dredges 223 XVIII. The Battle of Nanticoke River 241 XIX. Surprises for Jack Harvey 256 XX. The Pursuit of the Brandt 271
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE "Dealt Harvey a blow in the face that knocked him off his feet" (Frontispiece) 115 "Up from the forecastle there burst three men" 28 "Presented a pretty sight as viewed from the deck of the river steamer" 113 "'Stand back there, or I'll shoot,' he cried" 196 "'Get up there; you're quitting!' cried Haley" 237 "The speaker was a middle-aged, well-built man" 257
JACK HARVEY'S ADVENTURES
OR
THE RIVAL CAMPERS AMONG THE OYSTER PIRATES