THE MYSTERY BOYS
THRILLING STORIES IN FAR DISTANT LANDS
By VAN POWELL
The Mystery Boys and the Inca Gold The Mystery Boys and Captain Kidd’s Message The Mystery Boys and the Secret of the Golden Sun The Mystery Boys and the Chinese Jewels The Mystery Boys and the Hindu Treasure
Copyright, 1931
By A. L. BURT COMPANY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE [I. Nicky and the Voodoo Woman] 5 [II. One Half of a Cipher] 13 [III. A “Mystery Boy” Meeting] 22 [IV. Captain Kidd’s Ghost] 30 [V. “Nothing Shall Stop Us!”] 39 [VI. On the Way to the Keys] 49 [VII. An Uncanny Summons] 57 [VIII. Crocodile Key] 68 [IX. Black Caesar’s Buccaneers] 78 [X. Sam Shows His True Colors] 86 [XI. One Mystery Is Solved] 94 [XII. Modern Pirates] 102 [XIII. The Mystery Boys Decide] 110 [XIV. The Chase] 121 [XV. Disaster!] 129 [XVI. Captain Nicky Takes Command] 137 [XVII. A Parley and a Plan] 144 [XVIII. A Surprise!] 155 [XIX. Captain Kidd’s Message] 162 [XX. Nicky Changes a Word!] 168 [XXI. In the Bottom of the Dipper!] 176 [XXII. Gold—Gold—Gold] 186 [XXIII. Marooned] 195 [XXIV. “A Needle in a Haystack”] 203 [XXV. In the Everglades] 214 [XXVI. Nicky Does Some Scouting] 223 [XXVII. In the Enemy’s Hands] 232 [XXVIII. Two in the Toils] 238 [XXIX. One Last Hope!] 248 [XXX. Cliff Plays His Part] 254 [XXXI. Nicky Is a Hero!] 264 [XXXII. How Voodoo Brought Success] 274
THE MYSTERY BOYS AND
CAPTAIN KIDD’S MESSAGE
CHAPTER I
NICKY AND THE VOODOO WOMAN
“What is the matter with that colored boy?” whispered Nicky Lane to his comrades, Tom and Cliff, “Look! He stares up at the sun and then he watches us as if he expects something to happen.”
Cliff and Tom lifted their heads from the shallow pit in which they were digging. A glance toward the top rail of the fence around the field showed them a black-faced boy of about ten, perched there. As they stared at him he looked away.
“He’s only curious to know what we are doing,” Tom declared.