First Impression, September, 1908
Electrotyped and Printed at
THE COLONIAL PRESS:
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
TO
Lucy E. Cyr
With the Author’s Love
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE [I. Harvey Makes an Acquaintance] 1 [II. The Cabin of the Schooner] 12 [III. Down the Bay] 25 [IV. Aboard the Bug-eye] 40 [V. The Law of the Bay] 52 [VI. The Working of the Law] 62 [VII. Dredging Fleet Tactics] 75 [VIII. A Night’s Poaching] 85 [IX. Faces through the Telescope] 102 [X. Flight and Disaster] 117 [XI. Harvey Sends a Message to Shore] 132 [XII. Escape at Last] 149 [XIII. Henry Burns Makes a Discovery] 163 [XIV. Harvey Meets with a Loss] 181 [XV. Henry Burns in Trouble] 199 [XVI. Artie Jenkins Comes Aboard] 212 [XVII. Artie Jenkins at the Dredges] 223 [XVIII. The Battle of Nanticoke River] 241 [XIX. Surprises for Jack Harvey] 256 [XX. The Pursuit of the Brandt] 271
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE [“Dealt Harvey a blow in the face that knocked him off his feet” (Frontispiece)] 115 [“Up from the forecastle there burst three men”] 28 [“Presented a pretty sight as viewed from the deck of the river steamer”] 113 [“‘Stand back there, or I’ll shoot,’ he cried”] 196 [“‘Get up there; you’re quitting!’ cried Haley”] 237 [“The speaker was a middle-aged, well-built man”] 257
JACK HARVEY’S
ADVENTURES
OR
THE RIVAL CAMPERS AMONG THE
OYSTER PIRATES