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Title: The Rover Boys In The Mountains
Author: Arthur M. Winfield
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THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS
or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune
by
ARTHUR M. WINFIELD
Author of "THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL," "THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN," "THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE," "THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST," "THE ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES," ETC.
1902

[Illustration: DINNER ON THE WAY.--Frontis. Rover Boys in the Mountains.]

BY THE SAME AUTHOR
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE RIVER; Or, The Search for the Missing Houseboat.
THE ROVER BOYS IN CAMP; Or, The Rivals of Pine Island.
THE ROVER BOYS ON LAND AND SEA; Or, The Crusoes of Seven Islands.
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS; Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune.
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES; Or, The Secret of the Island Cave.
THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST; Or, The Search for a Lost Mine.
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE; Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa.
THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN; Or, A Chase for a Fortune.
THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL; Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall.
12mo, finely illustrated and bound in cloth. Price, per volume, 60 cents.

CONTENTS.
I. THE BOYS OF PUTNAM HALL
II. A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST
III. TOM ON A TOUR OF DISCOVERY
IV. DORMITORY NUMBER TWO
V. A SCENE IN THE SCHOOLROOM
VI. NEWS OF AN OLD ENEMY
VII. SOMETHING OF A SURPRISE
VIII. JASPER GRINDER IS DISMISSED
IX. A RACE ON THE ICE, AND WHAT FOLLOWED
X. THE END OF THE TERM
XI. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
XII. THE BRASS-LINED MONEY CASKET
XIII. THE HEART OF THE ADIRONDACKS
XIV. THE START UP THE RIVER
XV. WILD TURKEYS
XVI. ON THE WRONG TRAIL
XVII. AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY
XVIII. IN THE CAMP OF THE ENEMY
XIX. DICK AND THE WILDCAT
XX. BEAR POND AT LAST
XXI. A PAIR OF PRISONERS
XXII. JASPER GRINDER TRIES TO MAKE TERMS
XXIII. THE BLACK BEAR
XXIV. TOGETHER AGAIN
XXV. SNOWED IN
XXVI. AN UNWELCOME COMRADE
XXVII. BRINGING DOWN TWO BEARS
XXVIII. TWO FAILURES
XXIX. JASPER GRINDER AND THE WOLVES
XXX. A SUCCESSFUL SEARCH--CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION.
My dear boys: "The Rover Boys in the Mountains" is a complete story in itself, but forms the sixth volume of the "Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."
This series of books for wide-awake American lads was begun several years ago with the publication of "The Rover Boys at School." At that time the author had in mind to write not more than three volumes, relating the adventures of Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover at Putnam Hall, "On the Ocean," and "In the Jungle," but the publication of these books immediately called for a fourth, "The Rover Boys Out West," and then a fifth, "The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes." Still my young friends did not appear to be satisfied, and so I now present to them this sixth volume, which relates the stirring adventures of the three Rover boys in the Adirondacks, whither they had gone to solve the mystery of a certain brass-lined money casket found by them on an island in Lake Huron.
In writing this volume I have had a double purpose in view; not only to pen a tale which might prove pleasing to all boys, but one which might likewise give them a fair idea of the wonderful resources and natural beauty of this section of the United States. Ours is a wonderful country, and none of us can learn too much concerning it.
Again thanking my young friends for their kindness in the past, I place this volume in their hands, trusting they will find it as much to their liking as those which have preceded it.
Affectionately and sincerely yours,
ARTHUR M. WINFIELD.

THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
CHAPTER I.
THE BOYS OF PUTNAM HALL.
"Hurrah, boys, the lake is frozen over! We'll be sure to have good skating by to-morrow afternoon!"
"That's fine news, Tom," came from Sam Rover. "I've been fairly aching for a skate ever since that cold snap of two weeks ago."
"We'll have to start up some skating matches if good skating does really turn up," put in Dick Rover, who had just joined his two brothers in the gymnasium attached to Putnam Hall. "Don't you remember those matches we had last year?"
"Certainly, Dick," answered Tom Rover. "Didn't I win one of the silver medals?"
"Gracious!