The wave caught the Rambler broadside, and in an instant she was beached high and dry on the bar.

THE SIX RIVER MOTOR BOAT

BOYS ON THE ST. LAWRENCE

OR

THE LOST CHANNEL

By HARRY GORDON

Author of

“The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi”

“The River Motor Boat Boys on the Colorado”

“The River Motor Boat Boys on the Amazon”

“The River Motor Boat Boys on the Columbia”

“The River Motor Boat Boys on the Ohio”

A. L. BURT COMPANY

NEW YORK

Copyright, 1913

By A. L. Burt Company

THE SIX RIVER MOTOR BOYS ON THE ST. LAWRENCE

CONTENTS

THE SIX RIVER MOTOR BOYS ON THE ST. LAWRENCE.

CHAPTER I—A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR

It was dark on the St. Lawrence River at nine o’clock that August night. There would be a moon later, but the clouds drifting in from the bay might or might not hold the landscape in darkness until morning. The tide was running in, and with it came a faint fog from the distant coast of Newfoundland.

Only one light showed on the dark surface of the river in the vicinity of St. Luce, and this came from the deck of a motor boat, anchored well out from the landing on the south side of the stream, fifty miles or more from Point des Montes, which is where the St. Lawrence widens out to the north to form the upper part of the bay of the same name.

The light on the motor boat came from an electric lamp set at the prow, six feet above the deck. It showed as trim and powerful a craft as ever pushed her nose into those waters.

Those who have followed the adventures of the Six River Motor Boat Boys will not need to be told here of the strength, speed and perfect equipment of the Rambler. The motors were suitable for a sea-going tug, and the boat had all the conveniences known to modern shipbuilders. She had carried her present crew in safety up the Amazon to its source, down the Columbia from its headwaters, through the Colorado to the Grand Canyon, and down the Mississippi from its source to the Gulf of Mexico.

All these trips had been crowded with adventure, but both the boys and the boat had proved equal to every emergency. At the conclusion of the Mississippi journey, the boys of the Six River Motor Boat Club had decided to explore the St. Lawrence river from the Gulf to Lake Ontario.

The Rambler had been shipped by rail to a point on the coast of New Brunswick, and the remainder of the journey to St. Luce had been made by water along the treacherous coasts of New Brunswick and Quebec. A fresh supply of gasoline had been taken on just before night fell, and on the approach of daylight the boys would be on their way up the stream.

Although it was early August, the night was decidedly cold, and Clayton Emmett, Alex Smithwick, Julian