"THE GIRLS LOOKED DOWN WITH A SORT OF AWED CURIOSITY." See page 224.

THE GIRL CRUSOES

A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS

BY

MRS. HERBERT STRANG

ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR BY N. TENISON

LONDON
HENRY FROWDE
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
1912

RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED,
BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, U.S.,
AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER THE FIRST

TOMMY AND THE OTHERS

CHAPTER THE SECOND

UNCLE BEN

CHAPTER THE THIRD

LEAVING HOME

CHAPTER THE FOURTH

ABOARD THE ELIZABETH

CHAPTER THE FIFTH

A MIDNIGHT WRECK

CHAPTER THE SIXTH

THE ISLAND BEAUTIFUL

CHAPTER THE SEVENTH

A LOCAL HABITATION

CHAPTER THE EIGHTH

THE FISHERS

CHAPTER THE NINTH

THE LITTLE BROWN FACE

CHAPTER THE TENTH

ANXIOUS DAYS

CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH

A TROPICAL STORM

CHAPTER THE TWELFTH

ALARMS AND DISCOVERIES

CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH

LOST

CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH

IN THE PIT

CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH

THE ELEVENTH HOUR

CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH

NEW TERRORS

CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH

THE FOUNDLING

CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH

ANOTHER BROWN FACE

CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH

THE SHARK

CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH

THE PRISONER IN THE CAVE

CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIRST

A DESPERATE ADVENTURE

CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND

FRIENDS IN NEED

CHAPTER THE TWENTY-THIRD

THE HOME-COMING

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"THE GIRLS LOOKED DOWN WITH A SORT OF AWED
CURIOSITY" (see page 224) . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece

"LYING ON A PILE OF CANVAS HUDDLED A LITTLE FIGURE"

"THE THREE TOGETHER DRAGGED THE BOAT UP THE BEACH"

"'THERE!' SHE CRIED TRIUMPHANTLY, YET FEARFULLY"

"WITH A FINAL PULL THEY HAULED TOMMY OVER THE BRINK"