| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | A Proposal and an Acceptance | [9] |
| II. | The Scout of the Kennebec | [19] |
| III. | At the Inlet | [29] |
| IV. | A STRANGE RACE | [40] |
| V. | The Loser of the Race | [51] |
| VI. | A Warm Reception | [62] |
| VII. | Science versus Strength | [72] |
| VIII. | The Lone Guest | [83] |
| IX. | A Break Down | [93] |
| X. | At Beartown | [104] |
| XI. | At the Post Office in Beartown | [115] |
| XII. | Hostesses and Guests | [126] |
| XIII. | An Incident on Shipboard | [137] |
| XIV. | “The Night Shall be Filled with Music” | [147] |
| XV. | A Knock at the Door | [155] |
| XVI. | Visitors of the Night | [166] |
| XVII. | “Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow” | [177] |
| XVIII. | A Clever Trick | [188] |
| XIX. | In the Nick of Time | [198] |
| XX. | “I Piped and Ye Danced” | [208] |
| XXI. | How It Was Done | [219] |
| XXII. | A Startling Discovery | [230] |
| XXIII. | Through the Fog | [242] |
| XXIV. | Bad for Mike Murphy | [252] |
| XXV. | What Saved Mike | [263] |
| XXVI. | The Good Samaritans | [273] |
| XXVII. | An Unwelcome Caller | [284] |
| XXVIII. | Plucking a Brand From the Burning | [296] |
| XXIX. | “The Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” | [307] |
| XXX. | A Through Ticket to Home | [318] |
| XXXI. | Gathering Up the Ravelled Threads | [329] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| None Suspected the Meaning of What They Saw | [Frontispiece] |
| Like a Swallow Skimming Close to the Surface. | [233] |
| “Give Me Your Hand on That.” | [292] |
The Launch Boys’ Adventures
in Northern Waters