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قراءة كتاب The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island
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THE HILLTOP BOYS
ON LOST ISLAND
BY
CYRIL BURLEIGH
AUTHOR OF "THE HILLTOP BOYS" AND OTHER STORIES
THE GOLDSMITH PUBLISHING CO.
CLEVELAND MADE IN U.S.A.
1917
PRESS OF
THE COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDING CO.
CLEVELAND
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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | THE FLOATING ACADEMY | 13 |
| II | JACK'S DARING RESCUE | 22 |
| III | THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS | 29 |
| IV | CAUGHT ON LOST ISLAND | 37 |
| V | EXPLORING THE ISLAND | 45 |
| VI | A WALK UNDER WATER | 54 |
| VII | A REMARKABLE FIND | 63 |
| VIII | DISCUSSING THE FIND | 70 |
| IX | THE LAST VISIT TO THE WRECK | 81 |
| X | A THRILLING ENCOUNTER | 89 |
| XI | THE VOICES IN THE WOODS | 98 |
| XII | ADVENTURES IN THE WOODS | 107 |
| XIII | A STRANGE LIGHT AT SEA | 118 |
| XIV | THE MAN WITH THE WHITE MUSTACHE | 125 |
| XV | JESSE W. IS SENT FOR HELP | 132 |
| XVI | BEN'S STRANGE STORY | 140 |
| XVII | DISCOVERIES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS | 148 |
| XVIII | IN THE LAIR OF THE FOX | 160 |
| XIX | THE WAY OUT FOUND | 170 |
THE HILLTOP BOYS ON LOST ISLAND
CHAPTER I
THE FLOATING ACADEMY
"Well, if this is a life on the ocean wave or anything like it, I am satisfied to remain on shore."
"I knew that the Hudson river could cut up pretty lively at times, but the frolics of the Hudson are not a patch on this."
"They said we would not be seasick, but if I am not I don't know what you call it. I don't want it any worse, at any rate."
"They said it wouldn't hurt any if you were sick, but I wonder if they ever tried it themselves?"
"No, they are like the old bachelors who write about how to bring up children. They never had any, so they don't know anything about them."
"Well, if we get much more of this I shall get out and walk."
"And I'll go with you, my boy."
There were three boys on the deck of a large steam yacht, now about two days out from New York, bound to the West Indies on a voyage combining pleasure and education.
The boys belonged to the Hilltop Academy, situated in the Highlands of the Hudson, and their names were Billy Manners, Harry Dickson, and Arthur Warren, all being close chums, and ready to share any adventure except that of being seasick.
They were none of them sick, but they were all afraid they would be, hence their remarks upon the subject.
There were close upon a hundred of the Hilltop Boys, and they were now on a tour of the islands of the Spanish Main, having been invited by the father of one of them, a man largely interested in the shipping business, who had put at their service a commodious steam yacht large enough to hold them all.
Besides the boys there were Dr. Theophilus Wise, the principal, and a