CONTENTS

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I. Tom Halstead, Knight of the Overland Mail,[7]
II. Hazing, M. B. C. K. Style,[22]
III. Captain Tom's New Command,[34]
IV. Halstead Is Let into a Secret,[52]
V. A Hunt in the Under-World,[59]
VI. Facing the Yellow Barrier,[68]
VII. Dick Takes the Rescue Boat Trick,[81]
VIII. The Real Kennebec Way,[94]
IX. The Chase of Their Lives,[100]
X. Coming to Close, Dangerous Quarters,[111]
XI. Gaston Giddings Makes Trouble,[122]
XII. Too-Whoo-oo! Is the Word,[129]
XIII. The Call from out of the Fog,[136]
XIV. Mr. Cragthorpe Is More than Troublesome,[146]
XV. The Midnight Alarm,[155]
XVI. The Fire Drill in Earnest,[164]
XVII. Cragthorpe Introduces His Real Self,[172]
XVIII. A Trick Made for Two,[183]
XIX. Ted Dyer, Sailor by Marriage,[196]
XX. The Find in the Forehold,[206]
XXI. On a Blind Trail of the Sea,[213]
XXII. A Stern Looms up in the Fog,[222]
XXIII. Rollings's Last Ruse,[228]
XXIV. Conclusion,[243]

The Motor Boat Club at
The Golden Gate


CHAPTER I TOM HALSTEAD, KNIGHT OF THE OVERLAND MAIL

"I feel it in my bones," announced Joe Dawson, quietly though positively.

"That's no talk for an engineer," jibed Tom Halstead. "Tell me, instead, that you read it in your gauge."