He sprang to the instrument table, seized and adjusted
a headpiece, pulled a transmitter to him, he began calling.
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THE RADIO BOYS
WITH THE
REVENUE GUARDS
By GERALD BRECKENRIDGE
Author of
“The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border,” “The Radio
Boys on Secret Service Duty,” “The Radio Boys’
Search for the Inca’s Treasure,” “The Radio
Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition.”
Frontispiece
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
THE
RADIO BOYS SERIES
A Series of Stories for Boys of All Ages
By GERALD BRECKENRIDGE
The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border |
Copyright, 1922
By A. L. BURT COMPANY
THE RADIO BOYS WITH THE REVENUE GUARDS
Made in “U. S. A.”
“Not much like last summer, is it, Jack?”
“Not much, Frank.”
“No Mexican bandits. No Chinese bad men. Nodens in Chinatown. Say, Jack, remember how youfelt when we were licked in our attempt to escapefrom that dive out in San Francisco? Boy, that wasthe time when things looked mighty blue. Jack?”
No answer.
“Jack?” In a louder tone.
Still no answer.
Frank turned around impatiently from where helounged in the open doorway of the radio station,and faced his chum at the receiver.
“Oh, listening-in,” he exclaimed, and fell silent.Facing about, he gazed southward to where, lessthan a mile away, sparkled in the bright July sunshinethe clear waters of the open Atlantic.
Frank Merrick was thinking of the adventurescrowded into the lives of himself and his two chums,4Jack Hampton and Bob Temple, during their summervacation the previous year. All three boys weresons of wealthy parents and lived on country estatesat the far end of Long Island. Jack’s mother wasdead. Frank who was an orphan, lived with theTemples. All had attended Harrington Hall MilitaryAcademy, but Jack, a year older and a classahead of his chums, had graduated the previousspring and already had spent his Freshman yearat Yale.
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