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THE CASTAWAYS OF PETE'S PATCH
_by_
Carroll Watson Rankin
_Illustrated by_
ADA C. WILLIAMSON
_Frontispiece and jacket illustrations by_ MIRIAM SELSS
How many girls have wished to spend a summer in a real camp on theshores of a lake, with soft grass, kind to bare feet, comfortable campbeds of fragrant balsam tips and plenty of real adventure.
Here are our friends of the Dandelion Cottage marooned on a point ofland. Indian boys, a castaway sailor lad, and many other happeningsfill this book full of delight for the girls, who, having read theearlier volumes of the series, will be glad to meet again these cheerylittle lassies of the justly famous Dandelion Cottage Series.
IT SEEMED TO MABEL THAT SHE COULD DETECT A SOUND OFBREATHING]
Dandelion Series
THE CASTAWAYS OF PETE'S PATCH
(_A Sequel to The Adopting of Rosa Marie_)
BY
CARROLL WATSON RANKIN
Author of "Dandelion Cottage," "The Girls of Gardenville," etc.
_With Illustrations by_ ADA C. WILLIAMSON
NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1911,
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
August, 1937
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY RAHWAY, N. J.
TO
ERNEST AND BERWICK
AND ALL OTHER GOOD CAMPERS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION xi I. AN INNOCENT PLAN 1 II. THE TROUBLED WHALE 12 III. A PREDICAMENT 24 IV. A NIGHT OUT 36 V. THE MISSING WHALE 49 VI. THE COMING OF DAVE 59 VII. DELIVERED BY DAVE 68 VIII. THE PANGS OF HUNGER 78 IX. AN EXCITING AFTERNOON 87 X. A STORMY NIGHT 100 XI. DRY CLOTHES FOR FIVE 110 XII. MABEL'S ASTONISHING DISCOVERY 118 XIII. BREAKING THE NEWS 127 XIV. A MISSING MESSENGER 136 XV. DOCTOR DAVE 147 XVI. A VALUABLE INSECT 158 XVII. THE GAME WARDEN'S VISIT 168 XVIII. THE BOY'S NAME 179 XIX. A BELATED TRAVELER 188 XX. A SURPRISE PARTY 199 XXI. DAVE MAKES HIMSELF USEFUL 213 XXII. A TWISTED CONSCIENCE 225 XXIII. BILLY'S MEMORY 234 XXIV. A MUTUAL FRIEND 241 XXV. A CAPTURED FISHERMAN 252 XXVI. IN FAIRYLAND 264 XXVII. A VISITOR FOR LADDIE 274 XXVIII. BREAKING CAMP 285
THE PERSONS OF THE STORY
BETTIE TUCKER} JEANIE MAPES } Once of Dandelion Cottage, now MARJORY VALE } of Pete's Patch. MABEL BENNETT}
HENRIETTA BEDFORD: Their Chum.
MR. BLACK: A Childless but Fatherly Man.
MRS. CRANE: His Warm-hearted Sister.
DAVE GURNEAU: A Good and Bad Half-breed.
MAHJIGEEZIGOQUA: An Old Acquaintance.
MR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS: Mr. Black's Right-hand.
MISS BLOSSOM: A Timely Visitor.
ROSA MARIE: A Very Young Old Friend.
TERRIBLE TIM: Always to the Point.
BILLY BLUE-EYES: The Most Cast-away of all the Cast-aways.
A Number of Parents and Other Necessary Grown-ups.