Chapter I: Front Matter

The
Rival Campers Afloat
Or, THE PRIZE YACHT VIKING

By
Ruel Perley Smith
Author of “The Rival Campers”

ILLUSTRATED BY
LOUIS D. GOWING

BOSTON
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
1906

_Copyright_, _1906_
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

First Impression, August, 1906

_COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston. U. S. A._

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Down the River 1
II. The Collision 15
III. A Rescue Unrewarded 28
IV. Squire Brackett Discomfited 39
V. Harvey Gets Bad News 56
VI. Out to the Fishing-grounds 73
VII. Near the Reefs 91
VIII. Little Tim a Strategist 108
IX. Harry Brackett Plays a Joke 126
X. Mr. Carleton Arrives 143
XI. Squire Brackett Is Puzzled 160
XII. The Surprise Sets Sail Again 180
XIII. Stormy Weather 192
XIV. The Man in the Cabin 206
XV. Mr. Carleton Goes Away 224
XVI. Searching the Viking 239
XVII. A Rainy Night 259
XVIII. Two Secrets Discovered 278
XIX. The Loss of the Viking 298
XX. Fleeing in the Night 318
XXI. A Timely Arrival 336

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
The Crew of the Viking Meet Skipper Martel (_Frontispiece_) 98
“The boom brought up with a smashing blow against the Viking’s
starboard quarter” 25
“‘Nonsense,’ roared the infuriated Squire. ‘He can sail a boat as
good as you can’” 54
“‘Here, that’s our boat,’ cried Joe. ‘You’ve got no right to
touch it’” 112
“‘Just tell them that you heard me say I was going back to
Boston’” 236
“‘Get out of here,’ exclaimed Mr. Carleton, sharply” 335

THE RIVAL CAMPERS
AFLOAT