Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
RIVAL CAMPERS
Or,
THE ADVENTURES OF HENRY BURNS

By
Ruel P. Smith

ILLUSTRATED BY
A. B. SHUTE

BOSTON
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
1905

_Copyright_, _1905_
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

Published July, 1905

_Second Impression_
_Third Impression, July, 1906_

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

WITH LOVE TO
_Ruel Stevenson Smith_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Camp 1
II. To the Rescue 17
III. A Surprise 32
IV. A Night with Henry Burns 51
V. A Hidden Cave 72
VI. Jack Harvey Investigates 90
VII. Squire Brackett’s Dog 109
VIII. The Haunted House 125
IX. Setting a Trap 142
X. A Midnight Adventure 160
XI. An Unpleasant Discovery 181
XII. A Cruise Around the Island 199
XIII. Storm Driven 220
XIV. The Man in the Boat 238
XV. Good for Evil 259
XVI. A Treaty of Friendship 278
XVII. The Fire 290
XVIII. The Flight 306
XIX. The Pursuit 324
XX. Among the Islands 343
XXI. The Trial 364

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
“‘Look, Bob! Look!’ he cried. ‘What have we done?’”
(_Frontispiece_) 86
“‘What’s the matter with you?’ roared the Colonel” 67
“‘You’re the worst one of all, Jack Harvey’” 114
“Craigie reeled under the blow and staggered back against the
wall” 173
“Boys and lobster-pot slumped into the sea” 211
“‘Will you shake hands with me?’ he asked” 279

THE RIVAL CAMPERS