The Rival Campers Afloat Or, THE PRIZE YACHT VIKING By Ruel Perley Smith Author of “The Rival Campers” ILLUSTRATED BY LOUIS D. GOWING BOSTON L. C. PAGE & COMPANY 1906 _Copyright_, _1906_ By L. C. Page & Company (INCORPORATED) _All rights reserved_ First Impression, August, 1906 _COLONIAL PRESS Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston. U. S. A._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Down the River 1 II. The Collision 15 III. A Rescue Unrewarded 28 IV. Squire Brackett Discomfited 39 V. Harvey Gets Bad News 56 VI. Out to the Fishing-grounds 73 VII. Near the Reefs 91 VIII. Little Tim a Strategist 108 IX. Harry Brackett Plays a Joke 126 X. Mr. Carleton Arrives 143 XI. Squire Brackett Is Puzzled 160 XII. The Surprise Sets Sail Again 180 XIII. Stormy Weather 192 XIV. The Man in the Cabin 206 XV. Mr. Carleton Goes Away 224 XVI. Searching the Viking 239 XVII. A Rainy Night 259 XVIII. Two Secrets Discovered 278 XIX. The Loss of the Viking 298 XX. Fleeing in the Night 318 XXI. A Timely Arrival 336 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS