The Boy Pilot of the Lakes; Or, Nat Morton's Perils

by Frank V. Webster

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	Nat Saves a Boat	[1]
II	A Cry for Help	[12]
III	Nat's Brave Rescue	[18]
IV	Getting a Job	[26]
V	Nat in Trouble	[35]
VI	An Unexpected Discovery	[42]
VII	Nat Has an Accident	[51]
VIII	In the Pilot House	[59]
IX	A Narrow Escape	[67]
X	Sam Shaw Appears	[74]
XI	Captain Marshall Is Angry	[81]
XII	The Investigation	[88]
XIII	Making a Change	[95]
XIV	A Blow and a Rescue	[103]
XV	Nat Hears Some News	[113]
XVI	Just Too Late	[120]
XVII	Planning a Capture	[127]
XVIII	Nat's Plucky Piloting	[135]
XIX	The Accusation	[146]
XX	Off Again	[152]
XXI	Nat Intervenes	[159]
XXII	After Bumstead	[166]
XXIII	Bumstead Escapes	[173]
XXIV	In a Collision	[182]
XXV	Bumstead's Arrest—Conclusion	[192]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"Sam fell into the water."	[frontispiece]
"He fell to the floor of the hold"	[58]
"The storm enveloped the vessel"	[142]
"Shoot, then!" cried the mate	[180]

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The Boy Pilot of the Lakes

CHAPTER I
NAT SAVES A BOAT

"There's a rowboat adrift!" exclaimed one of a group of men who stood on the edge of a large pier at Chicago's water front.

"Yes, and the steamer will sure smash it," added another. "She's headed right for it! It's a wonder folks wouldn't learn to tie their boats secure. Whose is it?"