The Adventure Club Afloat by Ralph Henry Barbour
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Title: The Adventure Club Afloat
Author: Ralph Henry Barbour
Release Date: October 30, 2004 [eBook #13897]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
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THE ADVENTURE CLUB AFLOAT
by
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
Author of Left End Edwards, Left Tackle Thayer, etc.
With Illustrations by E. C. Caswell
1917
[Illustration: The two cruisers were chug-chugging out of the harbour.]
TO
H.P. HOLT,
WHOSE THUNDER I HAVE STOLEN
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE TWO CRUISERS WERE CHUG-CHUGGING OUT OF THE HARBOUR
"IT IS!" HE CRIED. "WE'VE GOT HER, FELLOWS!"
"THOSE WAVES WILL BATTER HER TO PIECES"
"THEY OFFER YOU--" MR. HYATT LEANED FORWARD IN THE PROTESTING CHAIR
CHAPTER I
HOW IT STARTED
The Adventure Club had its inception, one evening toward the last of June, in Number 17 Sumner Hall, which is the oldest, most vine-h