The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island

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THE STRANGE CABIN ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND

[Illustration: "THE VOYAGE WAS RESUMED"]

THE STRANGE CABIN ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND
BY LAWRENCE J. LESLIE

CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I.

--HOW THE DARE WAS GIVEN
II.--BANDY-LEGS IN TROUBLE
III.--ON THE ISLAND WITH THE BAD NAME
IV.--THE SUDDEN AWAKENING
V.--EXPLORING THE ISLAND
VI.--WHAT THE ASHES TOLD MAX
VII.--THE MYSTERY OF THE CABIN
VIII.--AN UNWELCOME DISCOVERY
IX.--WATCHED FROM THE SHORE
X.--THE BUILDER OF THE STRANGE CABIN
XI.--WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SECOND NIGHT
XII.--A BOLD PLAN
XIII.--UNSEEN PERILS THAT HOVERED NEAR
XIV.--HOW THE SCHEME WORKED
XV.--UNEXPECTED ALLIES
XVI.--THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND

THE STRANGE CABIN ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.
CHAPTER I.
HOW THE DARE WAS GIVEN.

"And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"
"That's what he did, Steve."
"To camp on Catamount Island?"
"And stay there a full week. He said that even if we did have nerve
enough to make the try, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out
there!"
"Huh! just because Herb and his old club got scared nearly to death a
while ago by some silly noise they thought was a ghost, they reckon
every fellow is built on the same plan, don't they, Max?"
"I guess that's what they do, Steve."
"So they challenge us to make a camp, and stick it out, do they? What
did you tell Herb? Oh, I hope you just took him up on the spot!"
"Well, I said I'd put it up to the rest of the chums, my cousin, Owen
Hastings, Toby Jucklin, Bandy-legs Griffin, and yourself."
"Count me in as ready to accept the dare. Why, I'd start this blessed
minute if I had my way, Max!"
"I know you would, because you're always so quick to flare up. That's
why they all call you 'Touch-and-go Steve Dowdy.' But come along,
and let's get the other fellows. We can go down to the boathouse and
talk it over, anyhow."
"But tell me first, when can we be ready to go, Max--some time
to-morrow?"
"You certainly are the most impatient fellow I ever knew," replied Max,
with a laugh; "yes, if the other boys are willing, I guess we might get
off at noon to-morrow. It wouldn't take long to lay in our supplies; and
you know we've already got tents, cooking things, and all that stuff on
hand."

"Oh, shucks! leave the grub part of the business to me," remarked Steve,
instantly. "What's the use of having a chum whose daddy is the leading
grocer in Carson if he can't look after the supplies. But I'm just tickled
nearly to death at the chance of this little cruise up the Big Sunflower."
"I can guess why," Max observed, as he kept pace with his nervous
companion's quick strides.
"The new canoes!" exclaimed Steve; "it gives us the chance we've been
wanting to find out how they work in real harness. We've only tried
little spins in them so far, you know, Max. Gee! I hated like everything
to let my motorcycle go; but the folks put their foot down hard, after
that second accident to our chum, Bandy-legs; and, like the rest of the
bunch, I had to send it back to the shop for what it was worth. It was
like going to the scrapheap with it, because I lost so much money."
"Well,