“Look! Look!” he cried. “That’s what I was wantin’ to find.”
(Page 101) (The Phantom Yacht)

THE
PHANTOM YACHT

By CAROL NORTON

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Author of
“Bobs, A Girl Detective,” “The Seven Sleuths’ Club,” etc.

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A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

I. Friends Parted 3

II. Banishing Ghosts 13

III. A Lost Mother 21

IV. Seaward Bound 30

V. A New Experience 42

VI. A Light in the Dark 49

VII. The Phantom Yacht 56

VIII. What Happened 64

IX. A Mysterious Message 73

X. Sounds in the Loft 82

XI. A Querulous Old Aunt 88

XII. A Bleached Skeleton 96

XIII. Belling the Ghost 106

XIV. A Punt Ride 112

XV. A Gloomy Swamp 117

XVI. Out in the Dark 121

XVII. More Mysteries 127

XVIII. An Airplane Sighted 133

XIX. Two Boys Investigate 139

XX. One Mystery Solved 149

XXI. A channel in the Swamp 160

XXII. The Old Ruin at Midnight 170

XXIII. Letters of Importance 183

XXIV. A Surprising Revelation 193

XXV. Puzzled Again 205

XXVI. A Clue to the Old Ruin Mystery 214

XXVII. Ransacking the Old Ruin 224

XXVIII. The Best Surprise of All 239

THE PHANTOM YACHT

CHAPTER I.
FRIENDS PARTED

The face of Dories Moore was as dismal as the day was bright. It was Indian summer and the maple trees under which she was hurrying were joyfully arrayed in red and gold, while crimson, yellow and purple flowers nodded at her from the gardens that she passed with unseeing eyes. She was almost blinded with tears; her scarlet tam was awry, as though she had put it on