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The scene of this story for boys is laid on South Hero island, one of the two islands in Lake Champlain that are named for Ethan and Ira Allen. The old Frenchman, Pierre Lebeau, suggests to the three boy campers, Christopher, Andrew and Howard, that they spend a night in the deserted old inn that commands a view of the bay and surrounding islands. He is under the stress of emotion and obviously has a purpose in making the suggestion. Their curiosity aroused, they take his advice and what they see and hear convinces them that smuggling on a large scale is going on. They also learn the cause of old Pierre’s emotion, for his scapegrace grandson is one of the smugglers. The story tells how the three boys, animated by the spirit of Ethan Allen, put an end to the law breaking.
“Keeps the interest and is not too improbable.”
+ Booklist 17:120 D ’20
“The background is well laid in and the story is full of ‘thrills’ having some really dramatic situations. A good tale of its type.”
+ N Y Evening Post p10 S 25 ’20 50w
Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne
+ N Y Times p9 D 12 ’20 70w + Springf’d Republican p9a D 5 ’20 70w Wis Lib Bul 16:197 N ’20 70w
ALDRICH, LILIAN (WOODMAN) (MRS THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH). Crowding memories. il *$5 Houghton