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Title: The Caves of Fear

Author: John Blaine

Release Date: May 6, 2010 [EBook #32269]

Language: English

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THE CAVES OF FEAR

A RICK BRANT SCIENCE-ADVENTURE STORY

BY JOHN BLAINE

GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK, N.Y.

COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY
GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Printed in the United States of America_

[Illustration: At the base of the Black Buddha, a section of the floor
had swung upward.]

Contents

I CHANGES AT SPINDRIFT

II THE CIPHER MESSAGE

III HEAVY WATER

IV PROJECT X

V HONG KONG

VI THE GOLDEN MOUSE

VII THE JUNK WITH PURPLE SAILS

VIII LONG SHADOW

IX THE TRAIL TO KORSE LENKEN

X THE AMBUSH AT LLHAN HUANG

XI THE GOATSKIN WATER BAG

XII THE BUDDHIST MONK

XIII THE BLACK BUDDHA

XIV THE CAVES OF FEAR

XV THE LABYRINTH

XVI THE LAKE OF DARKNESS

XVII THROUGH A PAIR OF DARK GLASSES

XVIII THE HOSTAGES

XIX CANTON CHARLIE'S

XX HOME FLIGHT

THE CAVES OF FEAR

CHAPTER I

Changes at Spindrift

The sounds of hammer and saw had disturbed Spindrift Island for several
days, and Rick Brant was having a hard time getting used to it. The
noise didn't bother him. It was the idea behind the noise--the idea that
the close fellowship of the famous island was about to be intruded upon
by strangers.

He sat in a comfortable chair on the front porch of the big Brant house
and stared morosely at the Atlantic. He was a tall, athletic boy with
brown hair and eyes and a face that was usually pleasant.

"What's it going to be like with a mob of strangers galloping all over
the place?