GREEN EYES

By
ROY J. SNELL

The Reilly & Lee Co.
Chicago New York

COPYRIGHT 1930
BY
THE REILLY & LEE CO.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I The Mysterious Islander 11

II The Lady of the Island 22

III A Gypsy Secret 29

IV Why? 35

V The Gypsy Child 45

VI Haunting Melody 51

VII Gypsy Moon 57

VIII Sun-Tan Tillie 61

IX Banging a Bear 68

X A Gasp in the Dark 73

XI A Secret Begun 80

XII Three Rubies 87

XIII Charmed Days 100

XIV The Dance of Death 107

XV Fishing and Fighting 119

XVI Ships That Pass in the Twilight 128

XVII Voices in the Forest 132

XVIII Reveries 139

XIX The Stolen Trunk 147

XX 13-13 And Other Signs 157

XXI “Fishin’” 163

XXII Kidnapped 175

XXIII Strange Deliverance 181

XXIV Outbound in the Night 188

XXV A Scream in the Night 195

XXVI “A Boat! A Boat!” 204

XXVII The “Spank Me Again” 212

XXVIII Glowing Waters 219

XXIX Fading Shore Lines 227

XXX Their Crowded Hour 232

XXXI Petite Jeanne’s Dark Hour 238

XXXII Petite Jeanne’s Triumph 243

XXXIII Fast Work 251

XXXIV The Treasure Chest 257

GREEN EYES

CHAPTER I
THE MYSTERIOUS ISLANDER

It was night on Morton’s Bay. A bright half moon painted a path of silver over water as still as the night.

At the very center of this narrow bay some dark object cast a shadow. This was a rowboat. It was painted black. The anchor lay in its prow. The boat did not drift. There are times of perfect calm on the upper waters of Lake Huron.

One figure was noticeable in this boat. A slight girl, she sat bent over as if in sleep, or perhaps in deep meditation.

There was another person in the stern of the boat. A large girl, she lay in perfect repose against a pile of pillows. Was she asleep? Did she dream? She was thinking. One thinks best when at perfect repose. Where could be found more perfect repose? Perhaps nowhere. Yet this girl, who was none other than our old friend, Florence Huyler, was slightly disturbed.

The rowboat had but now ceased rocking. The moment before, a powerful speed boat, passing at a terrific rate, had stirred the waters and had sent deep ridges and