The Rover Boys Series. Stratemeyer Edward
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Название: The Rover Boys Series

Автор: Stratemeyer Edward

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СКАЧАТЬ of them!"

      Out on the parade ground the cadets were singing loudly and marching at the same time. Everybody was in the best of high spirits, and it was a time never to be forgotten.

      Here I must bring to a close, for the present, the story of the Rover boys' doings at Putnam Hall and elsewhere. We have seen how Dick was robbed of his watch and how he recovered the timepiece; how the boys joined the other cadets, and what friends and enemies they made; and we have likewise entered into many a sport and contest with them.

      With the termination of the encampment the school term came to an end, and the Rover boys returned to their home with their uncle and aunt. But more adventures were in store for them, and these will be related in another volume, to be entitled "The Rover Boys on the Ocean; or, a Chase for Fortune." In this volume we will meet all of our old friends, and also learn more concerning Josiah Crabtree and his little plot to marry Mrs. Stanhope and obtain the money the lady was holding in trust for Dora. We shall likewise meet Dan Baxter and his toady Mumps, and learn much concerning a thrilling chase on the ocean and its happy results.

      But for the present all went well. The boys arrived at the homestead two days after the Fourth and were met at the door by their Uncle Randolph and Aunt Martha.

      "Welcome home, all of you!" cried Randolph Rover. And as their aunt kissed them, he continued, "And what do you think of your school?"

      "What do we think? " repeated Tom. "Why, we think Putnam Hall is the best boys' school on earth!"

      And Dick and Sam agreed with him.

      The Rover Boys on the Ocean

       Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION

       CHAPTER I SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS

       CHAPTER II THE ENCOUNTER ON THE RIVER

       CHAPTER III JOSIAH CRABTREE FREES HIS MIND

       CHAPTER IV THE DISASTROUS RESULT OF A TRICK

       CHAPTER V A NEVER-TO-BE-FORGOTTEN SWIM

       CHAPTER VI AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

       CHAPTER VII DICK IS MADE A PRISONER

       CHAPTER VIII THE SEARCH FOR DICK

       CHAPTER IX A LOSS OF IMPORTANCE

       CHAPTER X TOM, SAM, AND FARMER FOX

       CHAPTER XI FUN AT PUTNAM HALL

       CHAPTER XII DICK VISITS DORA STANHOPE

       CHAPTER XIII THE FIRE AT THE HALL

       CHAPTER XIV THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DORA STANHOPE

       CHAPTER XV DICK'S BRAVERY AND ITS REWARD

       CHAPTER XVI THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY"

       CHAPTER XVII IN WHICH DORA IS CARRIED OFF

       CHAPTER XVIII STILL IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY

       CHAPTER XIX DORA TRIES TO ESCAPE

       CHAPTER XX A LONG CHASE BEGUN

       CHAPTER XXI THE MEETING IN THE BAY

       CHAPTER XXII THE BAXTERS MAKE A NEW MOVE

       CHAPTER XXIII DOWN THE STATEN ISLAND SHORE TO SANDY HOOK

       CHAPTER XXIV SEARCHLIGHT AND LANTERN

       CHAPTER XXV A SHOT FROM THE DARKNESS

       CHAPTER XXVI A FLAG OF TRUCE

       CHAPTER XXVII THE COLLISION IN THE FOG

       CHAPTER XXVIII HOME AGAIN — CONCLUSION

       AS THE SHIP CAME CLOSER THEY MADE HER OUT TO BE A BIG "TRAMP" FROM THE SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.

      INTRODUCTION

       Table of Contents

      My Dear Boys: "The Rover Boys on the Ocean" is a complete tale in itself, but forms a companion volume to "The Rover Boys at School," which preceded it.

      In the former volume I tried to give my young readers a glimpse of life as it actually is in one of our famous military boarding schools, with its brightness and shadows, its trials and triumphs, its little plots and counterplots, its mental and physical contests, and all that goes to make up such an existence; in the present tale I have given a little more of this, and also related the particulars of an ocean trip, which, from a small and unpretentious beginning, developed into something entirely unlooked for — an outing calculated to test the nerves of the bravest of American youths. How Dick, Tom, and Sam, and their friends stood it, and how they triumphed СКАЧАТЬ