Chapter I: Front Matter

_A SKIPPY DARE MYSTERY STORY_

AMONG THE
RIVER PIRATES

BY
HUGH LLOYD
_Author of_
The Hal Keen Mystery Stories

ILLUSTRATED BY
SEYMOUR FOGEL

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1934, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP, Inc.
_All Rights Reserved_
_Printed in the United States of America_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I Upstream 7
II Condemned 14
III The Basin 22
IV Compromise 28
V The Apollyon 35
VI A Strange Story 44
VII For Skippy 51
VIII Alone 56
IX A Visitor 61
X A Suggestion 66
XI All of a Kind 73
XII Drifting 76
XIII Lights 80
XIV The Bell Buoy 84
XV Rescued 91
XVI River People 96
XVII Mugs 103
XVIII Bad News 110
XIX Danger 115
XX A Job 120
XXI What Next? 124
XXII Big Joe’s Idea 129
XXIII Another Job 134
XXIV Another Rescue 139
XXV Davy Jones 148
XXVI The Rocks 153
XXVII Suspense 157
XXVIII The Duffys 162
XXIX Good News 168
XXX Beasell 172
XXXI Moonlight 176
XXXII The Last of the Basin 180
XXXIII Skippy’s Wisdom 186
XXXIV The Great Adventure 195

AMONG THE RIVER PIRATES