CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | [A Plan and a Scheme] | 7 |
| II | [A Little Practice in Strategy] | 23 |
| III | [A Plan that Did not Fail] | 40 |
| IV | [Safely Away] | 53 |
| V | [Camping on a Strange Road] | 74 |
| VI | [On to the Gold Cup Races] | 90 |
| VII | [A Night Adventure] | 104 |
| VIII | [Plans for the Big Race] | 120 |
| IX | [The Crafty Plan of Mr. Gouger] | 134 |
| X | [Adventure Befalls the Chosen Trio] | 151 |
| XI | [Mr. Blackbeard, the Giant] | 168 |
| XII | [Discovered] | 184 |
| XIII | [Around the Gold Cup Circuit] | 203 |
| XIV | [At the Clarion Racing Camp] | 218 |
| XV | [Secrets of the Woods] | 233 |
THE AUTO BOYS' QUEST
CHAPTER I
A PLAN AND A SCHEME
"And they piled three stones one on top of another to mark the place. The first was just a big field stone, the second was rough and flat and the third, which was at the top, was the kind called conglomerate. You know—all full of pebbles, like coarse gravel pressed into a mass. Or—or like a fruit cake."
There was a note of earnestness in Billy Worth's voice, as if he felt his words to be of great importance and desired that his hearers be impressed accordingly. That his communication did have reference to an important matter was made most apparent, perhaps, by the response it elicited, also earnestly spoken: