CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I“I Hear a Noise”[9]
IIA Difficult Case[19]
IIIThe Pendletons’ Troubles[30]
IVWas It Foolish?[40]
VSomebody Pays the Fiddler[50]
VISammy Pinkney’s Devotion[59]
VIIInto Tropic Climes[68]
VIIILots of Fun[78]
IXThe Girl From the Back Bay[90]
XThe Concert[100]
XIA Sea Adventure[110]
XIIThe Island Refuge[121]
XIIIA Long Way From the Corner House[130]
XIVMany New Things[139]
XVAdventures of the Castaways[150]
XVIMr. Methuselah[160]
XVIILooking for Adventure[169]
XVIIIA Night of Despair[179]
XIXThe Raft[188]
XXThe Flag on the Tree-Top[198]
XXIA Night Alarm[208]
XXIIThe Odyssey of Tess and Dot[217]
XXIIIThe Turtle Catchers[228]
XXIVThe Groan of a Grampus[237]
XXVTying all the Threads[247]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

They could all see the deep scratches on the shell[Title]
FACING PAGE
“Who is that girl who stares at me so hard whenever she passes?” Agnes asked[86]
The transportation of the four girls did not take long[132]
Climbing it on hands and knees was a hard task but not particularly dangerous[224]

THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON PALM ISLAND

CHAPTER I—“I HEAR A NOISE”

“I hear a noise,” declared Dot, holding her Alice-doll more firmly and staring all about into the aisles of the chestnut grove.

“What kind of noise?” asked Tess, mildly curious.