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THE SCOUTS OF SEAL ISLAND
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[Illustration: "They landed safely on the lee side of the stone pier."—Page 132.]
THE SCOUTS OF SEAL ISLAND
BY
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
AUTHOR OF
"SEA SCOUTS OF THE PETREL'"
"THE SEA MONARCH" ETC.
With eight Illustrations in Colour by ERNEST PRATER
A. & C. BLACK, LTD. 4, 5 AND 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.1
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN First Published in 1913 This Edition published in 1922 Reprinted in 1922, 1923, 1925, 1930
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I. SIR SILAS DISAPPROVES
II. DICK ATHERTON'S GOOD TURN
III. THE PATROL LEADER'S DILEMMA
IV. OFF TO SEAL ISLAND
V. THE ARRIVAL
VI. A SPOILT BREAKFAST
VII. THE MYSTERIOUS FOOTPRINTS
VIII. THE MISSING THOLE-PINS
IX. AT THE LIGHTHOUSE
X. THE WRECK
XI. HOW CAME PAUL TASSH ON SEAL ISLAND?
XII. THE BURGLARY
XIII. FLIGHT
XIV. PHILLIPS' DISCOVERY
XV. THE EXPLORATION OF THE TUNNEL
XVI. TRAPPED
XVII. THE MYSTERIOUS YACHT
XVIII. HOT ON THE TRAIL
XIX. THE FIRST CAPTURE
XX. A GOOD NIGHT'S WORK
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"THEY LANDED SAFELY ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE STONE PIER" Frontispiece
"LOOK HERE, YOUNG GENTLEMAN, CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHAT OCCURRED?"
"HE SLIPPED OVER THE CLIFF AND WAS SLOWLY LOWERED"
"QUITE EXHAUSTED, THE FIRST SURVIVOR WAS ASSISTED TO THE MOST SHELTERED POSITION ON THE LEDGE"
"IN BROKEN-STEP FORM THE SCOUTS CARRIED THEIR COMRADE TOWARDS THE CAMP"
"'IN THE NAME OF THUNDER, WHAT HAVE YOU SCOUTS BEEN UP TO?'"
"THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON THE WOLVES KEPT ON THE WATCH"
"'HANDS UP INSTANTLY OR I'LL FIRE!' ORDERED MR. BUCKLEY STERNLY"