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Title: The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove
Or, The Missing Chest of Gold

Author: Spencer Davenport

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THE RUSHTON BOYS AT TREASURE COVE

OR

THE MISSING CHEST OF GOLD

BY

SPENCER DAVENPORT

Author of "The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall,"
"The Rushton Boys in the Saddle," etc.

WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO.

RACINE, WISCONSIN

BOOKS FOR BOYS

BY

SPENCER DAVENPORT

THE RUSHTON BOYS SERIES

THE RUSHTON BOYS AT RALLY HALL
_Or, Great Days in School and Out_

THE RUSHTON BOYS IN THE SADDLE
_Or, The Ghost of the Plains_

THE RUSHTON BOYS AT TREASURE COVE
_Or, The Missing Chest of Gold_

COPYRIGHT, 1916

GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY

Printed by

WESTERN PRINTING & LITHOGRAPHING CO.

Racine, Wisconsin

Printed in U. S. A.

THE RUSHTON BOYS AT TREASURE COVE

CHAPTER I

THE COMING STORM

"Say, boys, it looks like a storm and a heavy one, too."

The jest and laughter ceased at once, and three pairs of eyes looked in
the direction pointed out by the speaker.

"See that big bank of cloud climbing up the sky?" continued Fred
Rushton. "There's more than a capful of wind in that, if I know anything
about weather."

"You're right, Fred," said Lester Lee, who was handling the tiller. "And
we're a long way off from home! It's up to us to turn about and make a
run for it."

"Oh, I don't think it will amount to anything," said Teddy Rushton,
Fred's younger brother, who was never averse to taking a chance. "We're
having such a grand time that I hate to make a break for land unless we
have to. Besides, I've never been out in a squall, and I'd like to have
the experience."

"You'd have more experience than you cared for with this blow that is
coming," returned the helmsman, and there was a growing anxiety in his
tone. "I'm more familiar with t