Front matter
Reading edition
“There they are!” cried Ruth, clasping Mr. Howbridge’s arm in her excitement. “The same two men!”
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS
ON A HOUSEBOAT
HOW THEY SAILED AWAY WHAT HAPPENED ON THE VOYAGE AND WHAT WAS DISCOVERED
BY
GRACE BROOKS HILL
Author of “The Corner House Girls,” “The
Corner House Girls Snowbound,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
THELMA GOOCH
NEW YORK
BARSE & HOPKINS
PUBLISHERS
BOOKS FOR GIRLS
By Grace Brooks Hill
The Corner House Girls Series
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS AT SCHOOL THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS UNDER CANVAS THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS IN A PLAY THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS’ ODD FIND THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A TOUR THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS SNOWBOUND THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A HOUSEBOAT
BARSE & HOPKINS
Publishers, New York
Copyright, 1920,
by Barse & Hopkins
The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat
Printed in U. S. A.
CONTENTS
I. “What’s That?” II. Neale Has News III. The Elevator IV. An Auto Ride V. The Houseboat VI. More News VII. Making Plans VIII. The Robbery IX. All Aboard X. A Stowaway XI. Overboard XII. Neale Wonders XIII. The Trick Mule XIV. At the Circus XV. Real News at Last XVI. Ruth’s Alarm XVII. Up the River XVIII. The Night Alarm XIX. On the Lake XX. Drifting XXI. The Storm XXII. On the Island XXIII. Suspicions XXIV. Closing In XXV. The Capture
ILLUSTRATIONS
“There they are!” cried Ruth, clasping Mr. Howbridge’s arm in the excitement. “The same two men!” Frontispiece. “Get us down!” cried Dot and Tess in a chorus, while Mrs. MacCall stood beneath them holding out her apron While Dot and Tess clung to one another, Hank managed to fish up the “Alice-doll” “You shouldn’t have come here, Aggie!” he cried above the noise of the storm
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A HOUSEBOAT