FRED FENTON ON THE CREW

Or

The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School

By

ALLEN CHAPMAN

OF "FRED FENTON THE PITCHER," "FRED FENTON IN LINE," "TOM FAIRFIELD SERIES," "THE CHUMS SERIES," "BOYS OF PLUCK SERIES," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

BOOKS FOR BOYS

BY ALLEN CHAPMAN

FRED FENTON ATHLETIC SERIES
12mo.      Cloth.      Illustrated.

• FRED FENTON THE PITCHER
• FRED FENTON IN THE LINE
• FRED FENTON ON THE CREW
• FRED FENTON ON THE TRACK

TOM FAIRFIELD SERIES
12mo.      Cloth.      Illustrated.

• TOM FAIRFIELD'S SCHOOLDAYS
• TOM FAIRFIELD AT SEA
• TOM FAIRFIELD IN CAMP
• TOM FAIRFIELD'S PLUCK AND LUCK

THE DAREWELL CHUMS SERIES
12mo.      Cloth.      Illustrated.

• THE DAREWELL CHUMS
• THE DAREWELL CHUMS IN THE CITY
• THE DAREWELL CHUMS IN THE WOODS
• THE DAREWELL CHUMS ON A CRUISE
• THE DAREWELL CHUMS IN A WINTER CAMP

BOYS OF PLUCK SERIES
12mo.      Cloth.      Illustrated.

• THE YOUNG EXPRESS AGENT
• TWO BOY PUBLISHERS
• MAIL ORDER FRANK
• A BUSINESS BOY'S PLUCK
• THE YOUNG LAND AGENT

Cupples & Leon Co. Publishers, New York

Copyrighted 1913, by
Cupples & Leon Company

Fred Fenton On The Crew

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

• The Finger of Suspicion1
• The Tricky Canoe9
• A Boat Club Meeting17
• In Camp on the Mohunk26
• Hoofs and Horns33
• A Sudden Awakening41
• Ice Cold Waters49
• A Surprise56
• A Lucky Win63
• Fred's Home Coming71
• News From Over Sea79
• Bristles Has an Idea87
• A Call for Help96
• The Missing Opals Again104
• Fred's Brave Stand113
• The Trial Spin121
• Snagged and Wrecked130
• Lying in Wait138
• Nipped in the Bud147
• In the Hollow Oak156
• A Plan to Catch the Thief165
• Telling the Good News173
• The Start of the Race181
• A Great Victory189
• Bright Skies198

FRED FENTON ON THE CREW

CHAPTER I

THE FINGER OF SUSPICION

"Hello! there, Bristles!"

"Hello! yourself, Fred Fenton!"

"Why, what ails you this fine summer morning, Bristles? You don't look as jolly as you might."

"Well, I was only waiting to see if you cared to speak to me, Fred."

"Why in the wide world shouldn't I, when you're one of my chums, Bristles Carpenter?"

Andy Carpenter was known far and wide around the town of Riverport as "Bristles," on account of the way in which his mop of hair stood upright most of the time, much after the manner of the quills on a fretful porcupine.

Usually he was a very good-natured sort of a chap, one of the "give-and-take" kind, so universally liked among schoolboys. But,