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The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless
OR
The Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise
By
H. IRVING HANCOCK
Author of The Motor Boat Club of the Kennebec The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket The Motor Boat Club off Long Island, Etc.
Illustrated
PHILADELPHIA
HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY
Copyright 1909, by Howard E. Altemus
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. A Spark Puts Three Boys and a Boat on the Jump 7
II. Some of the Mystery Unraveled 26
III. Invisible Hands at the Wireless 39
IV. Taking a Great Chance 50
V. Tom Matches One Trick With Another 61
VI. Carrying Dangerous Live “Freight” 70
VII. Powell Seaton’s Bad Case of “Forget” 78
VIII. The Red Message 85
IX. Mr. Seaton Unburdens Himself 92
X. The Traitor at the Aerials 105
XI. The Drab Boat Shows Her Nose 114
XII. The Searchlight Finds a “Double” 127
XIII. Tom Halstead—Ready! 139
XIV. Grit Goes up the Signal Mast 151
XV. Playing Salt Water Blind Man’s Buff 160
XVI. A Gleam of Hope Through the Shroud of Fog 171
XVII. When the Motor Boat Club Boys “Went Daffy” 179
XVIII. The First Kink of the Problem Solved 187
XIX. Helpless in the Northeaster! 196
XX. “C.Q.D! C.Q.D.!—Help!” 207
XXI. The Spark Finds a Friend Through the Gale 219
XXII. Tom Halstead Springs the Climax 230
XXIII. Hank Becomes Really Terrible 244
XXIV. Conclusion 249
The Motor Boat Club and the Wireless