Copyright, 1908
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
All rights reserved

First Impression, September, 1908

Electrotyped and Printed at
THE COLONIAL PRESS:
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.

TO
Lucy E. Cyr
With the Author’s Love

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Harvey Makes an Acquaintance 1

II. The Cabin of the Schooner 12

III. Down the Bay 25

IV. Aboard the Bug-eye 40

V. The Law of the Bay 52

VI. The Working of the Law 62

VII. Dredging Fleet Tactics 75

VIII. A Night’s Poaching 85

IX. Faces through the Telescope 102

X. Flight and Disaster 117

XI. Harvey Sends a Message to Shore 132

XII. Escape at Last 149

XIII. Henry Burns Makes a Discovery 163

XIV. Harvey Meets with a Loss 181

XV. Henry Burns in Trouble 199

XVI. Artie Jenkins Comes Aboard 212

XVII. Artie Jenkins at the Dredges 223

XVIII. The Battle of Nanticoke River 241

XIX. Surprises for Jack Harvey 256

XX. The Pursuit of the Brandt 271

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

“Dealt Harvey a blow in the face that knocked him off his feet” (Frontispiece) 115

“Up from the forecastle there burst three men” 28

“Presented a pretty sight as viewed from the deck of the river steamer” 113

“‘Stand back there, or I’ll shoot,’ he cried” 196

“‘Get up there; you’re quitting!’ cried Haley” 237

“The speaker was a middle-aged, well-built man” 257

JACK HARVEY’S
ADVENTURES

OR

THE RIVAL CAMPERS AMONG THE
OYSTER PIRATES

CHAPTER I
HARVEY MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE

An Atlantic Transport Line steamship lay at its pier in the city of Baltimore, on a November day. There were indications, everywhere about, that the hour of its departure for Europe was approaching. A hum of excitement filled the air. Clouds of dark smoke, ascending skyward from the steamer, threw a thin canopy here and there over little groups of persons gathered upon the pier to bid farewell to friends. Clerks and belated messengers darted to and fro among them. An occasional officer, in ship’s uniform, gave greeting to some acquaintance and spoke hopefully of the voyage.

Among all these, a big, tall, broad-shouldered man, whose face, florid and smiling, gave evidence of abundant good spirits, stood, with one hand