"THE GIRLS LOOKED DOWN WITH A SORT OF AWED CURIOSITY." [See page 224.]

THE GIRL CRUSOES

A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS

BY

MRS. HERBERT STRANG

ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR BY N. TENISON

LONDON
HENRY FROWDE
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
1912

RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED,
BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, U.S.,
AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

CONTENTS

[ CHAPTER THE FIRST ]

TOMMY AND THE OTHERS

[ CHAPTER THE SECOND ]

UNCLE BEN

[ CHAPTER THE THIRD ]

LEAVING HOME

[ CHAPTER THE FOURTH ]

ABOARD THE ELIZABETH

[ CHAPTER THE FIFTH ]

A MIDNIGHT WRECK

[ CHAPTER THE SIXTH ]

THE ISLAND BEAUTIFUL

[ CHAPTER THE SEVENTH ]

A LOCAL HABITATION

[ CHAPTER THE EIGHTH ]

THE FISHERS

[ CHAPTER THE NINTH ]

THE LITTLE BROWN FACE

[ CHAPTER THE TENTH ]

ANXIOUS DAYS

[ CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH ]

A TROPICAL STORM

[ CHAPTER THE TWELFTH ]

ALARMS AND DISCOVERIES

[ CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH ]

LOST

[ CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH ]

IN THE PIT

[ CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH ]

THE ELEVENTH HOUR

[ CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH ]

NEW TERRORS

[ CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH ]

THE FOUNDLING

[ CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH ]

ANOTHER BROWN FACE

[ CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH ]

THE SHARK

[ CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH ]

THE PRISONER IN THE CAVE

[ CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIRST ]

A DESPERATE ADVENTURE

[ CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND ]

FRIENDS IN NEED

[ CHAPTER THE TWENTY-THIRD ]

THE HOME-COMING

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "THE GIRLS LOOKED DOWN WITH A SORT OF AWED
CURIOSITY"]
([see page 224]) . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece

[ "LYING ON A PILE OF CANVAS HUDDLED A LITTLE FIGURE" ]

[ "THE THREE TOGETHER DRAGGED THE BOAT UP THE BEACH" ]

[ "'THERE!' SHE CRIED TRIUMPHANTLY, YET FEARFULLY" ]

[ "WITH A FINAL PULL THEY HAULED TOMMY OVER THE BRINK" ]

[ "SHE FELT THAT FANGATI COULD NOT REACH HER IN TIME" ]