[AS DOROTHY SPOKE THERE WAS A BIG PUFF OF SMOKE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE LAUNCH]
["AH-AH!" CRIED THE ITALIAN, "YOU TRY-A TO STEAL-A DA MONK!"]
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON LAKE LUNA
CHAPTER I
THE LONE MAN ON THE ISLAND
"There! I see him again," whispered Dora Lockwood.
A half-minute's silence, save for the patter of the drops from the paddles as the light cedar canoe shot around East Point of Cavern Island.
"So do I!" cried Dorothy, but in a low tone. "My! what frightful whiskers."