CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | “I Hear a Noise” | [9] |
| II | A Difficult Case | [19] |
| III | The Pendletons’ Troubles | [30] |
| IV | Was It Foolish? | [40] |
| V | Somebody Pays the Fiddler | [50] |
| VI | Sammy Pinkney’s Devotion | [59] |
| VII | Into Tropic Climes | [68] |
| VIII | Lots of Fun | [78] |
| IX | The Girl From the Back Bay | [90] |
| X | The Concert | [100] |
| XI | A Sea Adventure | [110] |
| XII | The Island Refuge | [121] |
| XIII | A Long Way From the Corner House | [130] |
| XIV | Many New Things | [139] |
| XV | Adventures of the Castaways | [150] |
| XVI | Mr. Methuselah | [160] |
| XVII | Looking for Adventure | [169] |
| XVIII | A Night of Despair | [179] |
| XIX | The Raft | [188] |
| XX | The Flag on the Tree-Top | [198] |
| XXI | A Night Alarm | [208] |
| XXII | The Odyssey of Tess and Dot | [217] |
| XXIII | The Turtle Catchers | [228] |
| XXIV | The Groan of a Grampus | [237] |
| XXV | Tying 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.