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The Iron Boys on the
Ore Boats

OR

Roughing It on the Great Lakes

By

JAMES R. MEARS

Author of The Iron Boys in the Mines, The Iron Boys as Foremen,
The Iron Boys in the Steel Mills, etc.

Illustrated

PHILADELPHIA
HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY


COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY
HOWARD E. ALTEMUS

  Illustration: Both Boys Were Hurled Forward




CONTENTS


CHAPTER                                   PAGE

      I. TO THE INLAND SEAS                  7

     II. THE IRON BOYS AS CARGO             20

    III. A SURPRISED SKIPPER                31

     IV. THE BOYS STAND THE TEST            42

      V. TROUBLE IN THE STOKE HOLE          54

     VI. THE FIRST STEP UPWARD              63

    VII. THE IRON BOYS ON DECK              70

   VIII. THE CRASH IN THE FOG               82

     IX. A TRAGEDY OF THE LAKES             93

      X. TOSSED UP BY THE WAVES            104

     XI. BY PLUCK ALONE                    113

    XII. ON THE ROAD TO CONNEAUT           122

   XIII. IN THE GRIP OF A GIANT SHELL      129

    XIV. STEVE SAVES THE CAPTAIN           135

     XV. AT THE WHEEL                      151

    XVI. THROUGH THE ROCKY CUT             163

   XVII. THE BLOW IN THE DARK              172

  XVIII. VIS