The Hilltop Boys on the River

Produced by Jim Ludwig
by Cyril Burleigh
CHAPTERS I. Getting a Motor-Boat II. Trying Out the New Boat III. Evil Intentions Thwarted IV. The Boat Affair Unsettled V. An Alarm in the Night VI. The Mystery of the Gold Watch VII. More Mystery about the Watch VIII. What Jack and Dick Overheard IX. Another Claimant for the Watch X. Disappointments XI. The Cat Out of the Bag XII. The Owner of the Watch Found XIII. The Prize Poem XIV. Billy's Nocturnal Adventure XV. Fun on the River XVI. The Prizes Awarding XVII. A Puzzling Matter Settled XVIII. The Departure of the Bullies XIX. The Troubles of the Surveying Party XX. Getting at the Bottom of Things XXI. What Appearing on Billy's Plates XXII. Everything is Settled
If you are going with the boys on the river, Jack, you will have to get a motor-boat. Won't you let me buy you one?
No, not a bit of it, Dick.
But you want one?
Certainly, and I am going to have one.
But motor-boats cost money, Jack. Why, mine cost me——-
Never mind what it cost, Dick. You spend a lot more money than I can afford to spend, and you have a gilt-edged affair, of course. I want a boat to use as well as to look at.
But you want a serviceable boat, Jack?
I am going to have it, and it will not cost me anything like what your boat cost. Just let me look around a bit, Dick.
All right, I'll let you do all the looking you want, but I'd like to buy you a boat just the same.