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The Motor Boys After a Fortune; or, The Hut on Snake Island

Chapter 1: THE MOTOR BOYS AFTER A FORTUNE
By Clarence Young
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Three friends, urged on by an elderly scientist, set out to find a rumored deposit of radium on a lonely island in a vast river canyon. Their hunt becomes a sequence of technical and natural perils, including stolen and reclaimed craft, chases by a rival, wrecked trains, river rapids, canyon crossings, an air pursuit, mysterious ghostly effects with mundane explanations, serpent encounters, and rising floods. The narrative emphasizes teamwork, mechanical ingenuity, and daring rescues, culminating in a hazardous descent into caves where the sought-after radium cache is at last uncovered.

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Title: The Motor Boys After a Fortune; or, The Hut on Snake Island

Author: Clarence Young

Release date: November 22, 2014 [eBook #47417]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MOTOR BOYS AFTER A FORTUNE; OR, THE HUT ON SNAKE ISLAND ***

THE MOTOR BOYS
AFTER A FORTUNE

Or

The Hut on Snake Island

BY

CLARENCE YOUNG

Author of
“The Racer Boys Series” and “The Jack Ranger Series.”

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

BOOKS BY CLARENCE YOUNG

THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES

12mo. Illustrated.

Price per volume, 60 cents, postpaid.

  • THE MOTOR BOYS
  • THE MOTOR BOYS OVERLAND
  • THE MOTOR BOYS IN MEXICO
  • THE MOTOR BOYS ACROSS THE PLAINS
  • THE MOTOR BOYS AFLOAT
  • THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE ATLANTIC
  • THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS
  • THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE PACIFIC
  • THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS
  • THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE ROCKIES
  • THE MOTOR BOYS OVER THE OCEAN
  • THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE WING
  • THE MOTOR BOYS AFTER A FORTUNE

THE JACK RANGER SERIES

12mo. Finely Illustrated.

Price per volume, $1.00, postpaid.

  • JACK RANGER’S SCHOOLDAYS
  • JACK RANGER’S WESTERN TRIP
  • JACK RANGER’S SCHOOL VICTORIES
  • JACK RANGER’S OCEAN CRUISE
  • JACK RANGER’S GUN CLUB
  • JACK RANGER’S TREASURE BOX

Copyright, 1912, by
Cupples & Leon Company

The Motor Boys After A Fortune

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. To the Rescue 1
II. The Saving of Noddy 11
III. Noddy Begins Plotting 22
IV. Planning a Fortune Hunt 33
V. Noddy’s Plot Develops 40
VI. Off for Pittsburg 51
VII. In Danger 58
VIII. Down the Alleghany 69
IX. Off in the Auto 77
X. Held Up 85
XI. Noddy in Advance 92
XII. Disappointment 104
XIII. The Professor’s Lunch 115
XIV. The Wreck of the Limited 121
XV. The Express Ahead 129
XVI. The Airship Gone 138
XVII. An Unexpected Offer 144
XVIII. On the Trail 152
XIX. A Desperate Race 159
XX. A Game in the Air 168
XXI. Off for the Canyon 174
XXII. Over the Great Chasm 182
XXIII. The Boat in the Rapids 189
XXIV. Strange Ghosts 196
XXV. A Nest of Serpents 205
XXVI. Live Wires 212
XXVII. The Transporting of Noddy 217
XXVIII. The Rising Flood 224
XXIX. In the Cave 230
XXX. The Radium Treasure—Conclusion 238

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

JERRY SENT THE CHASER DIRECTLY AT THE COMET.
WITH SURE AIM, NED SENT THE LIFE PRESERVER TOWARD NODDY.
A MOMENT LATER A CAR SHOT PAST.
SUDDENLY ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS TOUCHED A MASS OF SNAKES.