The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove; Or, The Missing Chest of Gold

As the boys were unfamiliar with this part of the coast, and did not know what depth of water they might expect to find, they had to moderate their speed, a tantalizing proceedi...

"Well," said Fred, drawing a long breath and looking around at his companions after Mr. Lee had left the room, "we've certainly got more than we expected from this after-dinner...

"Six years ago," resumed Mr. Lee, "an old sailor, named Tom Bixby, who had sailed on the same ship with me in the old days, drifted down this way, and hearing that I had charge...

"Let's take a peep," responded Lester carelessly. "We're not due for any bad weather yet awhile, and I don't think--Whew! but it is low, isn't it?" he exclaimed as he examined t...

Those of our readers who have followed the adventures of the Rushton boys, as told in the previous volumes of this series, entitled "The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall" and "The Rus...

"Talking about eats," chimed in Lester, "what's the matter with getting our stuff off the boat before it gets dark? Mark will have plenty of fish with him when he gets back, and...

"Lester is right," said Ross, who had risen to his feet and stretched out his hand. "My name is Ross Montgomery, and I want to thank you with all my heart for what you did for m...

For the next few minutes there was not much talking, and the boys devoted themselves to making a wreck of the good things heaped before them. Their morning in the salt air on th...

Ross was quickly followed by Bill and Teddy. Lester and Fred waited only until they had fastened the two boats securely together, then they followed the example of their mates.

"You fellows may think I'm foolish to go on hunting for the gold when I've got so little evidence to go on. It seems almost like hunting for a needle in a haystack. But there's...

"It belongs to father," was Lester's answer. "He shipped on board a whaler once and made a three-year cruise. He was the head harpooner of the first mate's boat and many's the t...

"Let's see, now," said the town youth, pretending to be racking his memory, "whereabouts could that money be hid? It's probably in some old shack or cave somewhere. Say!" he sho...

It seemed to the boys as though they could never get enough, and Fred, as he saw one bluefish after another vanish, reminded the others that they would want something for breakf...

The lighthouse was a massive structure, over a hundred feet in height. It had been built in obedience to a general demand, owing to the number of vessels that had been wrecked i...

"For goodness' sake, Aaron, don't keep me on tenter-hooks!" cried Mrs. Rushton, no longer able to restrain her curiosity. "What can Teddy have to say that makes you feel so good?"

When the boys woke the morning after their adventure, their first thought was of the weather. They had set their hearts on taking the trip over to Milton to call on Mark Taylor...

"Assuming that he really does know more than he has told us," remarked Bill, the skeptic. "We fellows may have drawn wrong conclusions from the start he gave and that exception...

The change of course had not been effected without shipping a considerable amount of water as the boat hung for a moment in the wind. Bill and Teddy bailed desperately, and an i...

"You're right, Fred," said Lester Lee, who was handling the tiller. "And we're a long way off from home! It's up to us to turn about and make a run for it."

"The first two or three years were the hardest," the strange boy went on, "but after that the money came in fast. Father made a number of investments in lumber and in fishing in...

For a second after swallowing the bait the shark remained perfectly still. Then he darted away, only to be brought up with a round turn as he reached the end of the rope.

"I suppose," he retorted, frowning severely at the culprit, "that this low-brow means to intimate that I am a Spanish athlete. I should be deeply pained to know that any one who...

Dawn broke the following day without any sign of the storm's abating, and the boys were forced to keep close within doors. Despite their forced imprisonment, time did not hang h...

Suddenly the boys heard two voices raised in what seemed to be an altercation of some kind. The sound appeared to come from behind a board fence a few feet away.

A hundred yards from shore, Fred ran down the sail and the boat drifted in with its own momentum, while Lester took soundings cautiously to find the best place to cast anchor. T...

"I'm afraid it's never, then," put in Bill, the skeptical. "Here for days we've been blistering our hands and breaking our backs, to say nothing of racking what brains we have,...

Although the wind had died down, the waves were still running high from the effects of the storm. Lester, however, handled the oars like the skilled waterman he was, and Fred wa...

It took a moment to accustom their eyes to the dim light of the place, then their vision cleared and the boys could make out the details of a map similar to the one which the ol...

The sun had not yet risen the next morning, although the eastern sky was bright with signs of coming dawn, when Lester passed among his sleeping comrades with a shake on the sho...

"No," replied Lester, as he, with the others, watched the ominous black fin just showing above the surface; "and I haven't the shark hook, either. It's just as well anyway, beca...