Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht

by Howard Roger Garis

DICK HAMILTON'S

STEAM YACHT

OR

A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE AND

THE KIDNAPPERS

 

BY

HOWARD R. GARIS

AUTHOR OF "DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE," "DICK HAMILTON'S
CADET DAYS," "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY
DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT
SEARCH," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1911, by

GROSSET & DUNLAP

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Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht

"HERE GRIT, OLD FELLOW, GIVE IT TO ME! THAT'S A GOOD DOG!"

PREFACE

My Dear Boys:

Perhaps some of you, at one time or another, have had a desire to be cast away on an island in the middle of the ocean, there to have all sorts of adventures, to build a boat, and sail away, maybe; or, at any rate, to have some experience on the great sea.

Something like this fell to the lot of Dick Hamilton, though he was not exactly looking for it, and it is my privilege to give you in this, the third volume of the "Dick Hamilton Series," an account of what happened to the young millionaire when he had purchased a steam yacht, and started out on a cruise with some of his friends.

Dick was marooned on a small island, but, far from that proving a delightful experience, he was very glad to leave, even though it was on a raft, which he and his companions constructed.

How the wealthy youth happened to be marooned there, an account of how he got his yacht, how he foiled the plans of the kidnappers and his uncle Ezra Larabee, how the wrong young man was spirited away, how Dick gave chase, and the surprising rescue at sea—all this you will find set down in the present book, and I venture to hope that you will like it. Thanking you for the appreciation you have accorded my previous books, I remain,

Yours sincerely,

Howard R. Garis.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	Dick's Company Wins	1
II	Mr. Hamilton's Letter	8
III	Dick's Steam Yacht	18
IV	Uncle Ezra's Plot	28
V	Dick Is Shadowed	45
VI	Dick Enters the Trap	56
VII	The Escape	65
VIII	The Fight in the Dark	74
IX	Out to Sea	78
X	Uncle Ezra's Offer	90
XI	Plum Duff Falls Overboard	97
XII	Saved from the Sea	105
XIII	The Mermaid's Song	112
XIV	Just in Time	119
XV	Tim Muldoon Disappears	127
XVI	Uncle Ezra as a Sailor	136
XVII	Widdy Hears A Voice	143
XVIII	The Princess Passes	149
XIX	At Havana	157
XX	Off to Santiago	163
XXI	The Kidnappers	171
XXII	The Wrong Captive	178
XXIII	Dick on the Trail	186
XXIV	Off for Stone Island	192
XXV	Dick's Yacht Is Gone	199
XXVI	Marooned	209
XXVII	Dick Finds His Relatives	216
XXVIII	Building a Raft	225
XXIX	The Rescue	234
XXX	The Pursuit	242
XXXI	"Man Overboard!"—Conclusion	249