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ON SHIPBOARD 150
XVII. A MISHAP IN THE FOG 159
XVIII. THE NEW DECK HAND 169
XIX. TREASURE ISLE AT LAST 179
XX. THE BOYS MAKE A DISCOVERY 189
XXI. SCARING OFF THE ENEMY 198
XXII. PRISONERS IN THE FOREST 208
XXIII. WHAT WINGATE HAD TO TELL 218
XXIV. A MISSING LANDMARK 226
XXV. THE TRAIL THROUGH THE JUNGLE 234
XXVI. A DISMAYING DISCOVERY 241

XXVII. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE STEAM YACHT 249
XXVIII. A NEW MOVE OF THE ENEMY 257
XXIX. THE HUNT FOR THE TREASURE 265
XXX. HOMEWARD BOUND--CONCLUSION 275

THE ROVER BOYS ON TREASURE ISLE
CHAPTER I
BOUND FOR HOME
"Hurry up, Sam, unless you want to be left behind!"
"I'm coming!" shouted Sam Rover, as he crossed the depot platform on
the run. "Where is Tom?"
"He went ahead, to get two good seats for us," answered Dick Rover.
He looked around the crowd that had gathered to take the train. "Hi,
there, Songbird, this way! Come in this car, Hans!"
"Say, aren't you fellows coming aboard?" came a voice from the
nearest car, and a curly-topped head with a pair of laughing eyes
appeared. "Folks crowding in to beat the band! Come on in if you want
seats."
"We'll be in directly," answered Sam, and followed his brother Dick to
the car steps. Here there was quite a jam, and the Rover boys had all
they could do to get into the car, followed by half a dozen of their
school chums. But Tom Rover had managed to keep seats for all, and
they sat "in a bunch," much to their satisfaction. Then the train rolled
out of the station, and the journey homeward was begun.
The term at Putnam Hall Military Academy was at an end, and the
school days of the three Rover boys at that institution were now a thing

of the past. Each had graduated with honors, yet all were a trifle sad to
think that there would be no going back to a place where they had made
so many friends.
"It's almost like giving up your home," Dick had said, several times,
while at the actual parting Sam had had to do his best to keep back the
tears which welled up in his eyes. Even fun-loving Tom had stopped a
good deal of his whistling and had looked unusually sober.
"We'll never have such good times as we've had at Putnam Hall," Sam
had said, but he was mistaken, as later events proved.
The three Rover boys did not wish to part from their many school
chums, yet they were more than anxious to get home, and for this there
was a very good reason. Their father had told them that he had a very
important communication to make to them--one regarding how the
summer was to be spent. So far no arrangements had been made for the
vacation, and the brothers were anxious to know "what was in the
wind," as Tom expressed it.
"Maybe we are to prepare for college," said Dick.
"Perhaps we are to go on another trip to Africa?" added Sam.
"Or start on a hunt for the North Pole," put in Tom. "That would be just
the thing for this hot weather."
"I can tell you one thing," went on Dick. "Whatever father has on his
mind is of a serious nature. It is no mere outing for pleasure."
"I know that," answered Sam. "I could see it by the look on his face."
"Well, we'll know all about it by this time to-morrow," said Tom. "I
hope it is some trip--I love to travel," and his brothers nodded their
heads in approval.
To those who have read any of the twelve previous volumes in this
"Rover Boys Series" the three brothers will need no special

introduction. For the benefit of new readers allow me to state that Dick
was the oldest, fun-loving Tom next, and Sam the youngest. They were
the sons of Anderson Rover, a widower and rich mine owner. The
father was a great traveler, and for years the boys had made their home
with their uncle, Randolph Rover, and their Aunt Martha, on a farm
called Valley Brook, in the heart of New York state.
From the farm, and while their father was in Africa, the boys had been
sent to Putnam Hall, as related in the first volume of this series, entitled,
"The Rover Boys at School." At the Hall they made a score of friends
and several enemies, some of which will be introduced later. A term at
school was followed by a trip on the ocean, and then one into the
jungles of the Dark Continent in search of Mr. Rover, who had
mysteriously disappeared. Then the Rover boys went out west and to
the great lakes,