The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes; Or, The Secret of the Island Cave

tice how the win

ng it for ten minutes. I th

e surprised if it proved a heavy on

ee miles, to

Sam Rover, the youngest of the three Ro

was several years older. "I know more about sailing a yacht tha

ind, and the heavy clouds rolling up from the westward. "Who ever supposed th

ver. "But, nevertheless, I am glad we are rid of those rasca

ther, too," observed Sam. "By the way, Dick, weren't Dora an

nk. "If she wasn't, what do you suppose would b

ted to take a trip on the Great Lakes as much as anybody-said you wouldn'

I would like anything b

be a first-class cra

s to interest us in th

Super

tanhopes coming

etter from them when we reach Cleveland. In the last lett

lakes ought t

attentions?" came from Tom. "Gosh! how anxious he was to marry

n out only last week, Tom. He could

the way he used them, and us. It's strange w

him. His coming from prison is one reason why Dora wanted to get her mother away. She i

n," remarked Sam. "He alw

om Dick, with determination. "We've put up with enough from him in

n how he treated me when he was a teacher at Putnam Hall. I wonder th

ending the Swallow bowling along merrily. The clouds were increas

to lose our mas

answered Sam. "For my part, I wi

t get scared before you are hurt." He looked at his w

d Dick. "Perhaps the blow will go

ng by the almanac," murmured Sam. "It's as

out by the high piping of the wind, as it tore over the deck and through the rig

. Their thrilling adventures in Colorado, as told in "The Rover Boys Out West," had taxed them severely, and their father, Mr. Anderson Rover, felt that they needed the recreation. At first he had wished them to remain at the farm, and so had

s. "You have been in peril enough." And the boys had promised to do

ry had spent two summers on Lake Huron and Lake Superior, and knew both bodies of water fairly well. But the lad could not come on at once, and so

nce been a waiter at Putnam Hall, and who was now a servant to the Rovers in general and the three boys in particular. The boys had done much in

s yeah niggah a good turn wot he aint forgittin' in a hurry, too." What that good turn was has already been related in full in "The Ro

troit River to Detroit. Here a short stay was to be made, and then the journey was to be resumed through Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River to Lake Huron. Once on Lake Huron they expected to skirt the eastern coast o

rovements. She belonged to a rich man of Buffalo, who had known the Rovers for years. The rich man was now traveling in Europe, and had been only too glad to charter the

d given them half a dozen plantation songs, for he was a good singer as well as player. On the day following the breeze had died away and they had all gone fishing, with fair success. This was the third day out, an

a doubt," said Dick, with

ng before the wind rapidly, ever and anon dipping her bow deeply

st out Tom suddenly.

of its fury-a storm which lasted all night