THE
RUSHTON BOYS
AT
TREASURE COVE
OR
THE MISSING CHEST OF GOLD
BY
SPENCER DAVENPORT
Author of “The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall,”
“The Rushton Boys in the Saddle,” etc.
WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO.
RACINE, WISCONSIN
BOOKS FOR BOYS
BY
SPENCER DAVENPORT
THE RUSHTON BOYS SERIES
THE RUSHTON BOYS AT RALLY HALL
Or, Great Days in School and Out
THE RUSHTON BOYS IN THE SADDLE
Or, The Ghost of the Plains
THE RUSHTON BOYS AT TREASURE COVE
Or, The Missing Chest of Gold
COPYRIGHT, 1916
GEORGE SULLY & COMPANY
Printed by
WESTERN PRINTING & LITHOGRAPHING CO.
Racine, Wisconsin
Printed in U. S. A.
“Say, boys, it looks like a storm and a heavy one, too.”
The jest and laughter ceased at once, and three pairs of eyes looked in thedirection pointed out by the speaker.
“See that big bank of cloud climbing up the sky?” continued FredRushton. “There’s more than a capful of wind in that, if I knowanything about weather.”
“You’re right, Fred,” said Lester Lee, who was handling thetiller. “And we’re a long way off from home! It’s up to us toturn about and make a run for it.”
“Oh, I don’t think it will amount to anything,” said TeddyRushton, Fred’s younger brother, who was never averse to taking a chance.“We’re having 2 such a grand time that I hate to make a break for landunless we have to. Besides, I’ve never been out in a squall, and I’dlike to have the experience.”
“You’d have more experience than you cared for with this blowthat is coming,” returned the helmsman, and there was a growing anxiety inhis tone. “I’m more familiar with this coast than you are, andI’d rather look at the storm from the shore than from the deck of thiscatboat. So, here’s for a quick scoot for home,” he concluded, as hebrought the boat around and laid the course for the shore.
It was a staunch little sailboat of twenty-two feet in length, and the wayshe minded her helm, as well as the ease with which she rode the waves, spokeeloquently of her qualities.
On this afternoon, off the coast of Maine, she held a jolly party of fourboys. Lester Lee, who owned the boat and managed the tiller, was the host, andhis guests were Bill Garwood and Fred and Teddy Rushton, all of them fellowschoolmates of Lester’s at Rally Hall. It was vacation ti