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[Frontispiece: Their houseboat vacation had begun.]

Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid

By

AMY D. V. CHALMERS

Author of Madge Morton's Secret, Madge Morton's Trust, Madge Morton's Victory.

PHILADELPHIA HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY HOWARD E. ALTEMUS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. MADGE MORTON'S PLAN

II. CHOOSING A CHAPERON

III. THE SEARCH FOR A HOUSEBOAT

IV. THE FAIRY'S WAND

V. ALL ABOARD

VI. PLEASURE BAY

VII. THE UNKNOWN JAILER

VIII. AN ANXIOUS NIGHT

IX. THE GIRL ON THE ISLAND

X. AN EXCITING RACE

XI. AT THE MERCY OF THE WAVES

XII. A BRAVE FIGHT

XIII. LIFE OR DEATH?

XIV. MADGE COMES INTO HER OWN AGAIN

XV. A CALL FOR HELP

XVI. THE ATTEMPTED RESCUE

XVII. THE CAPTURE

XVIII. ON A STRANGE SHORE

XIX. FINDING A WAY TO HELP MOLLIE

XX. MADGE'S OPPORTUNITY

XXI. MOLLIE'S BRAVE FIGHT

XXII. THE EVIL GENIUS

XXIII. "MOTHER"

XXIV. FAREWELL TO THE "MERRY MAID"

List of Illustrations

Their houseboat vacation had begun … Frontispiece.

Madge and Tom went gayly down to the boat.

The girls ran down to the water's edge.

"I wish you to come and live with me, Madge."

Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid