Title: The Motor Boys in Strange Waters; or, Lost in a Floating Forest
Author: Clarence Young
Illustrator: Charles Nuttall
Release date: February 17, 2014 [eBook #44951]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024
Language: English
Credits: Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Or
Lost in a Floating Forest
BY
Author of
“The Racer Boys Series” and “The Jack Ranger Series.”
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
THE MOTOR BOYS SERIES
(Trade Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Of.)
12mo. Illustrated
THE MOTOR BOYS
Or Chums Through Thick and Thin
THE MOTOR BOYS OVERLAND
Or A Long Trip for Fun and Fortune
THE MOTOR BOYS IN MEXICO
Or The Secret of the Buried City
THE MOTOR BOYS ACROSS THE PLAINS
Or The Hermit of Lost Lake
THE MOTOR BOYS AFLOAT
Or The Stirring Cruise of the Dartaway
THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE ATLANTIC
Or The Mystery of the Lighthouse
THE MOTOR BOYS IN STRANGE WATERS
Or Lost in a Floating Forest
THE MOTOR BOYS ON THE PACIFIC
Or The Young Derelict Hunters
THE MOTOR BOYS IN THE CLOUDS
Or A Trip for Fame and Fortune
THE JACK RANGER SERIES
12mo. Finely Illustrated
JACK RANGER’S SCHOOLDAYS
Or The Rivals of Washington Hall
JACK RANGER’S WESTERN TRIP
Or From Boarding School to Ranch and Range
JACK RANGER’S SCHOOL VICTORIES
Or Track, Gridiron and Diamond
JACK RANGER’S OCEAN CRUISE
Or The Wreck of the Polly Ann
JACK RANGER’S GUN CLUB
Or From Schoolroom to Camp and Trail
Copyright, 1909, by
Cupples & Leon Company
The Motor Boys in Strange Waters
Printed in U. S. A.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Noddy’s Cocoanut Plantation | 1 |
| II. | Professor Snodgrass Arrives | 9 |
| III. | Off for Florida | 22 |
| IV. | The Giant Turtle | 35 |
| V. | The Professor’s Trick | 43 |
| VI. | Bob Gets a Scare | 50 |
| VII. | Killing a Manatee | 59 |
| VIII. | A Misfortune | 69 |
| IX. | News of Noddy | 77 |
| X. | Afloat Once More | 84 |
| XI. | The Houseboat | 92 |
| XII. | Jerry Is Hurt | 100 |
| XIII. | The Seminole Chief | 109 |
| XIV. | Caught in Saw Grass | 118 |
| XV. | The Big Snake | 126 |
| XVI. | An Unexpected Encounter | 134 |
| XVII. | Into a Strange Lake | 142 |
| XVIII. | The Wanderer Again | 152 |
| XIX. | A Plot Foiled | 159 |
| XX. | Bob Taken Ill | 168 |
| XXI. | Jerry Seeks Aid | 175 |
| XXII. | The Receding Water | 183 |
| XXIII. | The Professor Returns | 191 |
| XXIV. | In the Floating Forest | 199 |
| XXV. | A Cry for Help | 207 |
| XXVI. | The Plight of the Girls | 215 |
| XXVII. | Ottiby to the Rescue | 221 |
| XXVIII. | The Hurricane | 229 |
| XXIX. | Noddy’s Danger | 234 |
| XXX. | The Butterflies—Conclusion | 242 |
| THE CREATURE WAS LASHING ABOUT IN A DEATH STRUGGLE |
| THE TURTLE KEPT TURNING TO REACH THE MEAT |
| THERE WAS A CONFUSED TANGLE OF MAN AND SNAKE ON THE GROUND |
| NODDY GAVE ONE LOOK AT THE WRITHING SAURIAN |