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[Illustration: THE YACHT WAS BEARING DOWN UPON THEM.]




                                  THE
                       YOUNG OARSMEN OF LAKEVIEW.


                                   BY

                       _CAPT.  RALPH  BONEHILL._


                              _Author of_
         “_Rival Bicyclists_,” “_Leo, the Circus Boy_,” _Etc._


                             [Illustration]


                                NEW YORK
                           W. L. ALLISON CO.,
                              PUBLISHERS.




                            COPYRIGHT, 1897.
                                   BY
                           W. L. ALLISON CO.




                               CONTENTS.


           CHAPTER.                                      PAGE.
                 I. Jerry, Harry and Blumpo                  5
                II. Mrs. Fleming’s Runaway Horse            12
               III. Jerry’s Bravery                         18
                IV. Saving the Sloop                        24
                 V. Harry is Rescued                        30
                VI. The Single Shell Race                   37
               VII. Who Won the Shell Race                  43
              VIII. A Prisoner of the Enemy                 48
                IX. Tar and Feathers                        55
                 X. What Towser Did                         61
                XI. Off for Hermit Island                   67
               XII. An Attack in the Dark                   73
              XIII. Jerry’s Shot                            78
               XIV. The Hermit of the Island                83
                XV. The Hermit’s Secret                     89
               XVI. An Exciting Chase                       94
              XVII. Harry’s New Yacht                       