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Title: The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island

Author: Cyril Burleigh

Release Date: February 2, 2005 [EBook #14879]

Language: English

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THE HILLTOP BOYS
ON LOST ISLAND

BY
CYRIL BURLEIGH

AUTHOR OF "THE HILLTOP BOYS" AND OTHER STORIES

THE GOLDSMITH PUBLISHING CO.

CLEVELAND
MADE IN U.S.A.

1917

PRESS OF

THE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING CO.
CLEVELAND

[Illustration: _He plunged the blade into the creature's vitals_.]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE FLOATING ACADEMY 13
II JACK'S DARING RESCUE 22
III THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS 29
IV CAUGHT ON LOST ISLAND 37
V EXPLORING THE ISLAND 45
VI A WALK UNDER WATER 54
VII A REMARKABLE FIND 63
VIII DISCUSSING THE FIND 70
IX THE LAST VISIT TO THE WRECK 81
X A THRILLING ENCOUNTER 89
XI THE VOICES IN THE WOODS 98
XII ADVENTURES IN THE WOODS 107
XIII A STRANGE LIGHT AT SEA 118
XIV THE MAN WITH THE WHITE MUSTACHE 125
XV JESSE W. IS SENT FOR HELP 132
XVI BEN'S STRANGE STORY 140
XVII DISCOVERIES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS 148
XVIII IN THE LAIR OF THE FOX 160
XIX THE WAY OUT FOUND 170

THE HILLTOP BOYS ON LOST ISLAND

CHAPTER I

THE FLOATING ACADEMY

"Well, if this is a life on the ocean wave or anything like it, I am
satisfied to remain on shore."

"I knew that the Hudson river could cut up pretty lively at times, but the
frolics of the Hudson are not a patch on this."

"They said we would not be seasick, but if I am not I don't know what you
call it. I don't want it any worse, at any rate."

"They said it wouldn't hurt any if you were sick, but I wonder if they
ever tried it themselves?"

"No, they are like the old bachelors who write about how to bring up
children. They