Copyright, 1909, by Howard E. Altemus


CONTENTS

ChapterPage
I.A Kink in the Gulf Stream,[7]
II.Ham Turns Out to Be a Prophet,[24]
III.The Mystery of the Night,[39]
IV.“Boat-Call for the Police,”[52]
V.Tom Has Some of His Own Way,[60]
VI.The Island Where There Were no Alligators,[69]
VII.Dodging the Oldest Inhabitants of the Everglades,[80]
VIII.A Crack Shot at the Game,[91]
IX.The Ghost Invited,[101]
X.The Visitation of the Night,[110]
XI.Tom Has a Spook Hunt of His Own,[120]
XII.What Befell the Young Skipper,[128]
XIII.Henry Tremaine Pushes the Voodoo,[139]
XIV.Tom Halstead, Strategist,[151]
XV.The Whole Bag of Game,[159]
XVI.Ham Promises to Be Brave Hereafter,[168]
XVII.In the Circle of ’Gators,[174]
XVIII.A Fearful Two Minutes,[184]
XIX.A Truce, Until——,[195]
XX.An Innocent Eavesdropper,[204]
XXI.Dixon Stock Drops,[214]
XXII.Kicking Water in the Wake of the “Buzzard,”[227]
XXIII.Dixon’s Cowardly Act,[233]
XXIV.Conclusion,[242]

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