The Rover Boys Under Canvas

Rover Boys Under Canvas, by
Arthur M. Winfield

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Title: The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked
Submarine
Author: Arthur M. Winfield
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THE ROVER BOYS UNDER CANVAS

By ARTHUR M. WINFIELD

[Illustration: "MY GRACIOUS! LOOK AT THAT!"
(Frontispiece)--Page 28]
THE ROVER BOYS UNDER CANVAS
OR
THE MYSTERY OF THE WRECKED SUBMARINE
BY
ARTHUR M. WINFIELD (Edward Stratemeyer)
AUTHOR OF "THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL," "THE ROVER
BOYS ON THE OCEAN," "THE PUTNAM HALL SERIES," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America

BOOKS BY ARTHUR M. WINFIELD (Edward Stratemeyer)
THE FIRST ROVER BOYS SERIES
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 THE
ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS THE ROVER BOYS IN
CAMP THE ROVER BOYS ON LAND AND SEA THE ROVER
BOYS ON THE RIVER THE ROVER BOYS ON THE PLAINS THE
ROVER BOYS IN SOUTHERN WATERS THE ROVER BOYS ON
THE FARM THE ROVER BOYS ON TREASURE ISLE THE

ROVER BOYS AT COLLEGE THE ROVER BOYS DOWN EAST
THE ROVER BOYS IN THE AIR THE ROVER BOYS IN NEW
YORK THE ROVER BOYS IN ALASKA THE ROVER BOYS IN
BUSINESS THE ROVER BOYS ON A TOUR
THE SECOND ROVER BOYS SERIES
THE ROVER BOYS AT COLBY HALL THE ROVER BOYS ON
SNOWSHOE ISLAND THE ROVER BOYS UNDER CANVAS
THE PUTNAM HALL SERIES
THE PUTNAM HALL CADETS THE PUTNAM HALL RIVALS
THE PUTNAM HALL CHAMPIONS THE PUTNAM HALL
REBELLION THE PUTNAM HALL ENCAMPMENT THE
PUTNAM HALL MYSTERY
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY EDWARD STRATEMEYER
The Rover Boys Under Canvas

INTRODUCTION
MY DEAR BOYS: This book is a complete story in itself, but forms
the third volume in a line issued under the general title, "The Second
Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."
As mentioned in a number of volumes of the first series, this line was
started some years ago with the publication of "The Rover Boys at
School," "On the Ocean," and "In the Jungle," in which I introduced my
young readers to Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover. The volumes of the first
series related the doings of these three Rover boys while attending
Putnam Hall Military Academy, Brill College, and while on numerous

outings.
Having acquired a good education, the three young men established
themselves in business and became married. Presently Dick Rover was
blessed with a son and a daughter, as was also his brother Sam, while
Tom Rover became the proud father of twin boys. At first the four lads
were kept at home, but then it was thought best to send them to a
boarding school, and in the first volume of the second series, entitled
"The Rover Boys at Colby Hall," I related what happened to them
while attending this institution.
From Colby Hall the scene was shifted to Snowshoe Island, where the
lads went for a mid-winter outing. Here they ran into a most unusual
mystery, and helped an old lumberman to establish his claim to the
island.
In the present volume the boys are back at Colby Hall, but it is time for
the annual encampment of the military school, and soon they depart for
a brief season "Under Canvas." This is at the time of the World War,
and the lads get mixed up in the mystery surrounding a wrecked
submarine. What this led to, I leave for the pages which follow to
relate.
In conclusion I wish to thank my numerous readers for all the nice
things they have said about my books. I trust the reading of the
volumes will do all of them good.
Affectionately and sincerely yours, EDWARD STRATEMEYER.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I A GAME OF BASEBALL 1
II ABOUT THE ROVER BOYS 12

III THE AMMUNITION FACTORY EXPLOSIONS 25
IV A RESCUE ON THE LAKE 35
V MEETING OLD ENEMIES 41
VI CELEBRATING THE BASEBALL VICTORY 56
VII FUN WITH CODFISH 66
VIII AN INTERRUPTED FEAST 76
IX A TELEGRAM