COVE AND THE CAVE 16
III. THE BARBED WIRE 23
IV. PETE'S YARN 30
V. THE FOUR BOYS 37
VI. THE HUNCHBACK 45
VII. FARMER BROOM 53
VIII. THE CAMP IN THE POCKET 60
IX. THE ATTACK 68
X. "HAUL IN" 76
XI. MISSOURI'S MANOEUVRE 82
XII. THE RANCHERO 90
XIII. A NEW FRIEND 100
XIV. THE PURSUIT 109
XV. JIM AND THE SEA EAGLE 118
XVI. THE BOYS PUT ON STYLE 127
XVII. ON BOARD THE SEA EAGLE 135
XVIII. A DAY AT SEA 144
XIX. THE PASSENGER 152
XX. TO THE RESCUE 161
XXI. THE BANDITS 169
XXII. RACE WITH THE TIDE 177
XXIII. THE ENCHANTED ISLE 184
XXIV. IN THE WHITE BOAT 191
XXV. IN PERIL 198
XXVI. TWO LASSOES 206
XXVII. ANOTHER FRIEND 214
XXVIII. A TALE OF YORE 220
XXIX. A WONDERFUL LEAP 232
XXX. IN THE STRAIT 239
XXXI. CONCLUSION 246

FRONTIER BOYS ON THE COAST

CHAPTER I

CAPTAIN BILL BROOM

"What devilment has old Bill got on for tonight, Pete?"

The speaker was seated on an old scarred sea chest in a dimly lighted
forecastle.

"I dunno," replied Pete, "maybe he's lookin' fer a wreck."

"I heard the mate say somethin' about a passel of four boys," put in a
third man who was laying back in his bunk, "that the skipper was
a-lookin' for."

"Kidnapping, eh?" said Cales, the first speaker. "Hold 'em for ransom, I
suppose. Well, the old man has been in worse games than that. I reckon
the kids' parents are rich and are willin' to pay a high price for their
darlings."

"You're on the wrong tack, matey," said the man in the bunk. "Cap'n
Brinks, who landed in San Diego from a Mexican port put the old man
wise. He told him that those fellars had considerable money and a raft
of jewels with 'em that they picked up in Mexico."

"Ho, Ho, that's the game, is it," cried Cales, thumping his knee with a
gnarled fist, "that ought to be easy then."

"Looks so, but it ain't," replied the other, "those four boys have got
somethin' of a reputation in the southwest. Hard fighters and good shots
and their leade