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  THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS

  or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune

  by

  ARTHUR M. WINFIELD

  Author of "THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL,""THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN,""THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE,""THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST,""THE ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES," ETC.

  1902

  DINNER ON THE WAY.--_Frontis_._Rover Boys in the Mountains_.]

  BY THE SAME AUTHOR

  THE ROVER BOYS ON THE RIVER;Or, The Search for the Missing Houseboat.

  THE ROVER BOYS IN CAMP;Or, The Rivals of Pine Island.

  THE ROVER BOYS ON LAND AND SEA;Or, The Crusoes of Seven Islands.

  THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS;Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune.

  THE ROVER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES;Or, The Secret of the Island Cave.

  THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST;Or, The Search for a Lost Mine.

  THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE;Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa.

  THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN;Or, A Chase for a Fortune.

  THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL;Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall.

  12mo, finely illustrated and bound in cloth.Price, per volume, 60 cents.

  CONTENTS.

  I. THE BOYS OF PUTNAM HALL

  II. A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST

  III. TOM ON A TOUR OF DISCOVERY

  IV. DORMITORY NUMBER TWO

  V. A SCENE IN THE SCHOOLROOM

  VI. NEWS OF AN OLD ENEMY

  VII. SOMETHING OF A SURPRISE

  VIII. JASPER GRINDER IS DISMISSED

  IX. A RACE ON THE ICE, AND WHAT FOLLOWED

  X. THE END OF THE TERM

  XI. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

  XII. THE BRASS-LINED MONEY CASKET

  XIII. THE HEART OF THE ADIRONDACKS

  XIV. THE START UP THE RIVER

  XV. WILD TURKEYS

  XVI. ON THE WRONG TRAIL

  XVII. AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY

  XVIII. IN THE CAMP OF THE ENEMY

  XIX. DICK AND THE WILDCAT

  XX. BEAR POND AT LAST

  XXI. A PAIR OF PRISONERS

  XXII. JASPER GRINDER TRIES TO MAKE TERMS

  XXIII. THE BLACK BEAR

  XXIV. TOGETHER AGAIN

  XXV. SNOWED IN

  XXVI. AN UNWELCOME COMRADE

  XXVII. BRINGING DOWN TWO BEARS

  XXVIII. TWO FAILURES

  XXIX. JASPER GRINDER AND THE WOLVES

  XXX. A SUCCESSFUL SEARCH--CONCLUSION

  INTRODUCTION.

  My dear boys: "The Rover Boys in the Mountains" is a complete story initself, but forms the sixth volume of the "Rover Boys Series for YoungAmericans."

  This series of books for wide-awake American lads was begun severalyears ago with the publication of "The Rover Boys at School." At thattime the author had in mind to write not more than three volumes,relating the adventures of Dick, Tom, and Sam Rover at Putnam Hall, "Onthe Ocean," and "In the Jungle," but the publication of these booksimmediately called for a fourth, "The Rover Boys Out West," and then afifth, "The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes." Still my young friends didnot appear to be satisfied, and so I now present to them this sixthvolume, which relates the stirring adventures of the three Rover boys inthe Adirondacks, whither they had gone to solve the mystery of a certainbrass-lined money casket found by them on an island in Lake Huron.

  In writing this volume I have had a double purpose in view; not only topen a tale which might prove pleasing to all boys, but one which mightlikewise give them a fair idea of the wonderful resources and naturalbeauty of this section of the United States. Ours is a wonderfulcountry, and none of us can learn too much concerning it.

  Again thanking my young friends for their kindness in the past, I placethis volume in their hands, trusting they will find it as much to theirliking as those which have preceded it.

  Affectionately and sincerely yours,

  ARTHUR M. WINFIELD.

  THE ROVER BOYS IN THE MOUNTAINS.