CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[ The Wireless Island]5
II.[ A Passenger for the Shore]15
III.[ In the Grip of the Storm]28
IV.[ When the Engine Failed]36
V.[ Nat to the Rescue]48
VI.[ Saved from the Sea]56
VII.[ On “Wireless Island”]65
VIII.[ An Aerial Appeal]78
IX.[ A Stern Chase]91
X.[ More Bad Luck]100
XI.[ “There’s Many a Slip”]108
XII.[ The Smuggler at Bay]117
XIII.[ Trapped!]125
XIV.[ Nat a Prisoner]134
XV.[ Under the Earth]145
XVI.[ Drifting Through the Night]153
XVII.[ Aboard the Lightship]164
XVIII.[ Joe Receives Visitors]176
XIX.[ And Also Gets a Surprise]187
XX.[ Hank Explains]201
XXI.[ In the Midst of Alarms]213
XXII.[ An Unexpected Student]221
XXIII.[ A Call from the Shore]229
XXIV.[ What Joe Did]239
XXV.[ Like a Thief in the Night]247
XXVI.[ Ding-dong’s Clue]256
XXVII.[ A Lonely Trail]265
XXVIII.[ At the Old Mission]276
XXIX.[ Cornered at Last]291

THE MOTOR RANGERS’

WIRELESS STATION

CHAPTER I.

THE WIRELESS ISLAND.

The drowsy calm of a balmy afternoon at the Motor Rangers’ wireless camp on Goat Island was abruptly shattered by a raucous, insistent clangor from the alarm-bell of the wireless outfit. Nat Trevor, Joe Hartley and Ding-dong Bell, who had been pretending to read but were in reality dozing on the porch of a small portable wood and canvas house, galvanized into the full tide of life and activity usually theirs.

“Something doing at last!” cried Nat. “It began to look as if there wouldn’t be much for us on the island but a fine vacation, lots of sea-breeze and coats of tan like old russet shoes.”