Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) THE GO AHEAD BOYS ON SMUGGLERS' ISLAND BY ROSS KAY Author of "The Search for the Spy," "The Air Scout," "Dodging the North Sea Mines," "With Joffre on the Battle Line," etc. _ILLUSTRATED BY R. EMMETT OWEN_ I leave this rule for others when I'm dead; Be always sure you're right--THEN GO AHEAD. --_Davy Crockett's Motto._ NEW YORK BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1916, by BARSE & HOPKINS PREFACE A basis of fact underlies many of the incidents incorporated in this story. Even the letters are very like those received by one of the official agents of the United States Treasury. Occasional use has been made of the work entitled, "Defrauding the Government." Out of his material the writer has tried to present a tale that should be stirring and yet wholesome, having plenty of action, but free from sensationalism. Naturally, changes in characters and localities have been freely made. If his young readers shall be interested in the story and shall draw the conclusion that any attempt to defraud the Government reacts in harsher form upon the one who tried to evade the laws, a part at least of his purpose will have been accomplished. CONTENTS