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The
Y. M. C. A. Boys
on Bass Island

Or
The Mystery of Russabaga Camp

BY
BROOKS HENDERLEY
Author of “The Y. M. C. A.
Boys of Cliffwood,” Etc.

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

BOOKS FOR BOYS

By

BROOKS HENDERLEY

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
Price per volume, 60 cents, postpaid.

THE Y. M. C. A. BOYS SERIES

THE Y. M. C. A. BOYS OF CLIFFWOOD;
or The Struggle for the Holwell Prize

THE Y. M. C. A. BOYS ON BASS ISLAND;
or The Mystery of Russabaga Camp

(_Other volumes in preparation_)

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY Publishers New York

COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

The Y. M. C. A. Boys on Bass Island

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE SCRUB BALL TEAMS 1

II. AN INVASION OF PIGS 10

III. THE BOY WHO HAD PROMISED 19

IV. MR. NOCKER SPRINGS A SURPRISE 32

V. A BRIGHT PROSPECT AHEAD 40

VI. MAKING CAMP ON BASS ISLAND 47

VII. IN THE GRIP OF THE SQUALL 56

VIII. THE FIRST NIGHT OUT 63

IX. THE RULE OF ORDER AND DISCIPLINE 72

X. THINGS BEGIN TO VANISH 79

XI. MR. HOLWELL GETS THE WELCOMING CHEER 86

XII. HAPPENINGS OF THE SECOND NIGHT 96

XIII. THE MYSTERY GROWS DEEPER 103

XIV. TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT 115

XV. DAN TELLS SOME WHOLESOME TRUTHS 123

XVI. WAS IT A WILD MAN OF THE WOODS? 129

XVII. DICK’S PROMISE 137

XVIII. SETTING THE TRAP 144

XIX. A DAY OF REST 148

XX. A MISSION OF MERCY 155

XXI. THE BROTHERLY SPIRIT 163

XXII. WHAT NAT SAW 169

XXIII. THE TELLTALE FOOTPRINT 178

XXIV. DAN’S NEW IDEA 188

XXV. THE BERRY PICKERS 199

XXVI. POACHING ON STRANGE PRESERVES 206

XXVII. A NEVER-TO-BE-FORGOTTEN CAMPFIRE 214

XXVIII. WHEN THE PIT TRAP WORKED 222

XXIX. CLEARING UP THE MYSTERY 231

XXX. BREAKING CAMP--CONCLUSION 239

THE Y. M. C. A. BOYS ON BASS ISLAND