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The Rover Boys in Camp; or, The Rivals of Pine Island

The Rover Boys in Camp; or, The Rivals of Pine Island

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Chapter 1 THE ROVER BOYS AT HOME

Word Count: 1429    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

f the train, as he thrust his head in through

ded youth of sixteen, as he caught up

wered a boy a year you

baggage car, making sure the trunks would be put off," he added. "Say, but this

nent from San Francis

eel as if I'd bee

from Tom Rover. "Just think of being cast away on a lonely island like Rob

depot platform, followed by the others. "Wonder if

ge," said Tom, and walked over to the turnout he menti

, the Rovers' hired man. "Back at

lar, Jack. How

e Randolph. Your Aunt Martha got so excited a-t

of that." He turned to his brothers. "What shall we do

boxes," said the hired man

l, good-looking colored man on the seat. The eyes of the colo

I'se been dat worried 'bout yo' I couldn't 'most sleep fo' t'ree nights. An' jess to t'ink yo' was cast

eatest trouble was with some mutineers who got drunk and wanted to run things to suit themselves. They m

ather. An' to t'ink dat Miss Dora Stanhope and de

ge, Aleck. But, come, I

hecks," and Dick pas

hree boys had entered

d on driving, and away

er, through the litt

on the road that led

were the sons of Anderson Rover, a well-to-do gentleman, who was now living in retireme

emy known as Putnam Hall. Here they made many friends and also a few enemies, the worst of the latter being Dan Baxter, a bully who wanted his w

jungles of Africa, in a search after Anderson Rover. After the parent was found it was learned that Arnold Baxter was trying to sw

re located in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, and the next winter visited the locality and unearthed a box containing gold, silver, and precio

utnam Hall to continue their studies. But three pupils were taken down with scarl

olume of this series, entitled "The Rover Boys on Land and Sea," I related the particulars of how they were carried off to sea during a violent storm, in company with three of their old-time girl friends, Do

er to make trouble for them. When all were cast away on a deserted island, Dan Baxter joined some mutineers among the sailors, and there was a fight which threatened to end seriously for our

those who had mutinied with him. But the bully and his evil-minded followe

ll ever see Dan Baxter a

y. But in this surmise the elder Rover bo

t incident. As soon as the Golden Gate was reached the boys, and also t

All of the girls had been stopping with her, and now it was

said, as he squeezed Dora's hand. "But

two, yes. And w

most likely-if the scarl

e you again before long," a

the Hall again," Sam had put in. "But fi

om Tom. "I reckon they are d

irls southward to Santa Barbara, and another had taken the boys eastward to Denver and to Chicago. At the latter city

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