Chapter I: Front Matter

Jack Harvey’s
Adventures
Or, The Rival Campers
Among the Oyster Pirates

By
Ruel Perley Smith

Author of “The Rival Campers Series,” “Prisoners
of Fortune,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
Louis D. Gowing

BOSTON
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
1908

RIVAL CAMPERS SERIES
BY
RUEL PERLEY SMITH

Each 1 vol., large 12mo, illustrated, $1.50

The Rival Campers
The Rival Campers Afloat
The Rival Campers Ashore
Jack Harvey’s Adventures
Or, The Rival Campers Among the Oyster Pirates

L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
New England Building, Boston, Mass.

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