The castawaysFront matterReading editionChapter navigation40 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE CASTAWAYS;Chapter I · ON BOARD THE SEA QUEEN.Chapter II · A CONSULTATION.Chapter III · A QUACK DOCTOR.Chapter IV · AN ILL-TIMED EXCURSION.Chapter V · THE DRIFTING HULK.Chapter VI · ON THE SIMOON.Chapter VII · THE REEF.Chapter VIII · ON THE KEY.Chapter IX · A MIDNIGHT VISITOR.Chapter X · THE ISLAND SPECTER.Chapter XI · CATCHING THE GHOST.Chapter XII · AFTER THE NORTHER.Chapter XIII · A SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.Chapter XIV · AN OLD FRIEND.Chapter XV · THE FATE OF THE SEA QUEEN.Chapter XVI · ADIEU TO CONTENT KEY.Chapter XVII · A HEAD WIND.Chapter XVIII · AT KEY WEST.Chapter XIX · DESPERATE MEASURES.Chapter XX · FUGITIVES.Chapter XXI · AN OPPORTUNE ARRIVAL.Chapter XXII · WAITING AND WATCHING.Chapter XXIII · A STERN CHASE.Chapter XXIV · JAKE’S STORY.Chapter XXV · A PLACE OF SAFETY.Chapter XXVI · AN UNDISPUTED DEPARTURE.Chapter XXVII · SALVAGE.Chapter XXVIII · THE SHORE ANCHORAGE.THE PAW-PAW HUNT.THE LEATHER HARNESS.A. L. BURT’S PUBLICATIONS For Young People BY POPULAR WRITERS, 97–99–101 Reade Street, New York.THE LITTLE MEN SERIES.THE LITTLE WOMEN SERIES.The Fairy LibraryTHE PRINCETON SERIES.THE HENTY SERIES FOR BOYSTHE YALE SERIES OF POETS.THE CONTINENTAL SERIES.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE CASTAWAYS;All chapters and sections (40)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE CASTAWAYS;Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728Other sectionsTHE PAW-PAW HUNT.THE LEATHER HARNESS.A. L. BURT’S PUBLICATIONS For Young People BY POPULAR WRITERS, 97–99–101 Reade Street, New York.THE LITTLE MEN SERIES.THE LITTLE WOMEN SERIES.The Fairy LibraryTHE PRINCETON SERIES.THE HENTY SERIES FOR BOYSTHE YALE SERIES OF POETS.THE CONTINENTAL SERIES.Large boat in background, with our three heroes in a rowboat in center, with a turtle in the bottomBen held the oars while Jake poised the spear for a cast.◇—[See page 42.]◇THE CASTAWAYS; →