Chapter I: Front Matter

Harry’s Island

Harry’s Island

By
Ralph Henry Barbour

Author of “The Crimson Sweater,” “For the Honor of the School,”
“The Half-Back,” “Tom, Dick, and Harriet,” etc.

With Illustrations
By C. M. Relyea

New York
The Century Co.
1908

Copyright, 1907, 1908, by
THE CENTURY CO.

_Published September, 1908_

THE DE VINNE PRESS

CONTENTS

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I ON HOOD’S HILL 3
II THE RACE WITH HAMMOND 15
III GRADUATION AND GOOD NEWS 29
IV CAMP TOROHADIK 46
V A BATCH OF DOUGHNUTS 63
VI EXPLORATION 76
VII “W. N.” PAYS A VISIT 95
VIII A GUEST AT CAMP 108
IX THE LICENSED POET 123
X ADVENTURES WITH A LAUNCH 138
XI THE LAUNCH IS CHRISTENED 151
XII CHUB SCENTS A MYSTERY 169
XIII BILLY ENTERTAINS 180
XIV VOICES IN THE NIGHT 201
XV THE FLOATING ARTIST 213
XVI A MEETING OF FRIENDS 233
XVII HARRY SITS FOR HER PICTURE 244
XVIII THE STORM 257
XIX THE RESCUE 270
XX ABOARD THE _JOLLY ROGER_ 285
XXI “UNTIL TO-MORROW” 297

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Chub, who had been sent to the larder, interrupted them
_Frontispiece_

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Three boys lay at their ease in the shade of the white
birches 7

“Did we win the race?” 25

In the evening there was a grand ball 41

“What is the name of the camp?” 57

Chub and Roy paddled her across the darkening water 73

They followed the edge of the water 89

At their feet lay the still smoldering remains of a small
fire 111

“I have the honor to introduce to your attention the
world-famed Signor Billinuni” 125

“When is a fly-wheel not a fly-wheel?” 145

“What did he tell us he gave for that boat?” 155

“Did it just come natural for you to make poetry?” 173

Mr. Noon entertains the three boys 195

“A Daniel come to judgment!” 219

Harry 229

Chub turned in time to see Billy press a finger swiftly
against his lips 237

Harry sitting for her portrait 249

“It’s a boat bottom-up with a man clinging to it!” 267

And this time she was genuinely surprised 289

“Good-by” 301

HARRY’S ISLAND