Four Afloat: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water - 1

BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR.

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“The Vagabond started after the
other craft with a rush.” (Page 65)

FOUR AFLOAT

BEING THE ADVENTURES OF THE

BIG FOUR ON THE WATER

By RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

Author of “Four in Camp,”

“Four Afoot,” etc.

NEW YORK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

1907

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Published, September, 1907

J. W. A.

SKIPPER OF MANY

CRAFT

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Introduces a Gasoline Launch, Four Boys and a Dog	[1]
II.	Starts the Vagabond on its Cruise	[11]
III.	Wherein Dan Practices Steering	[21]
IV.	Is Largely Concerned with Salt Water and Salt Fish	[34]
V.	Wherein Tom Buys Lobsters and Dan Disapproves	[43]
VI.	In Which They Follow a Race	[57]
VII.	In Which Nelson Discovers a Stowaway	[69]
VIII.	Tells How They Outwitted the Captain of the Henry Nellis	[86]
IX.	Proves that a Stern Chase is not Always a Long Chase	[95]
X.	Shows The Crew Of the Vagabond Under Fire	[108]
XI.	Records A Mysterious Disappearance	[118]
XII.	Wherein Nelson Solves the Mystery	[130]
XIII.	Wherein Dan Tells a Story and Tom is Incredulous	[138]
XIV.	In Which Tom Disappears from Sight	[152]
XV.	Tells of Adventures in the Fog	[163]
XVI.	Witnesses a Defeat for the Vagabond	[172]
XVII.	In Which Dan Plays a Joke	[186]
XVIII.	In Which Tom Puts Up at the Seamont Inn	[200]
XIX.	Narrates a Midnight Adventure	[209]
XX.	Wherein Tom Appears and the Launch Disappears	[225]
XXI.	Tells of the Search for the Vagabond	[235]
XXII.	Wherein the Vagabond is Recovered and the Thief is Captured	[245]
XXIII.	Tells How The Four Encountered Old Acquaintances	[256]
XXIV.	Wherein Spencer Floyd Leaves the Henry Nellis	[265]
XXV.	Wherein the Vagabond Starts for Home and the Story Ends	[273]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“The Vagabond started after the other craft with a rush”	[Frontispiece]
“Captain Sander ... raised his revolver and fired”	[116]
“‘I would like to see the manager, if you please’”	[208]
“At the top of the sandy road he turned and waved them farewell”	[274]