PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
PROJECT ASHABI
African Stories. Limitless Worlds.
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PREFACE CHAPTER I. SOME BAD NEWS CHAPTER II. A DESPERATE RACE CHAPTER III. NEWS FROM THE WEST CHAPTER IV. MORE LETTERS CHAPTER V. PROFESSOR URIAH SNODGRASS CHAPTER VI. A STRANGE CONVERSATION CHAPTER VII. A BAD BREAK CHAPTER VIII. HEMMED IN CHAPTER IX. A LUCKY ESCAPE CHAPTER X. AT THE SEABURYS’ CHAPTER XI. AFTER HORNED TOADS CHAPTER XII. A STRANGE MEETING CHAPTER XIII. A QUEER STORY CHAPTER XIV. IN A MOTOR BOAT CHAPTER XV. CAUGHT IN THE FOG CHAPTER XVI. ON THE ROCKS CHAPTER XVII. NEWS OF THE BRIG CHAPTER XVIII. WHAT MR. BLOWITZ WANTED CHAPTER XIX. A CRY FOR HELP CHAPTER XX. BLOWITZ IS ANGRY CHAPTER XXI. THE MAN ON THE ROCKS CHAPTER XXII. DE VERE’S STORY CHAPTER XXIII. OFF ON A CRUISE CHAPTER XXIV. HUNTING THE DERELICT CHAPTER XXV. IN A BAD STORM CHAPTER XXVI. RIVAL SEARCHERS CHAPTER XXVII. THE DERELICT CHAPTER XXVIII. A MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCE CHAPTER XXIX. A COMMAND TO LAY TO CHAPTER XXX. THE END OF BLOWITZ—CONCLUSION
I believe it is not necessary to introduce the Motor Boys to most of my readers, as they have made their acquaintance in the previous books of this series. To those, however, who take up this volume without having previously read the ones that go before, I take pleasure in presenting my friends, Jerry, Ned and Bob.
They are booked for quite a long trip, this time; across the continent to the Pacific coast, where they are destined to have some stirring adventures, searching for a mysterious derelict.
Those of you who know the Motor Boys from their past performances know that they will meet emergencies in the right spirit, and that they will do their level best to accomplish what they set out to do. Whether they did so in this case I leave it for you to determine by reading the book.
Though their own motor boat, the _Dartaway_, was destroyed in a train wreck, they managed to get the use of a powerful craft, in which they made a cruise on the Pacific ocean. Their old friend, Professor Snodgrass was with them, and, if you care to learn of his search for a horned toad, you will find the details set down here.
“Well, she is smashed this time, sure!” exclaimed Jerry Hopkins, to his chums, Ned Slade and Bob Baker.
“What’s smashed?” asked Ned. “Who’s the letter from?” for Jerry had a slip of paper in his hand.
“It isn’t a letter. It’s a telegram.”
Arthur Conan Doyle
