EDWARD STRATEMEYER. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCING THE BOYS 1 II. NEWS FROM HOME 10 III. OFF FOR JAMAICA 20 IV. A TALK ABOUT A MEAL 30 V. THE DEFENSE OF JANUARY JONES 42 VI. AN INTERRUPTION TO SIGHT-SEEING 53 VII. THE JOKE ON CAPTAIN SUDLIP 62 VIII. SIGHT-SEEING IN HAVANA 72 IX. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HOCKLEY 82 X. THE OLD CONVENT 93 XI. A STRANGE STORY 103 XII. ABOUT CUBA AND TOBACCO RAISING 114 XIII. A CUBAN BASEBALL GAME 123 XIV. WINNING A VICTORY 132 XV. HOCKLEY TAKES A BATH AND GIVES ONE 141 XVI. GOOD-BYE TO CUBA 152 XVII. A JOKE ON SHIPBOARD 161 XVIII. HAYTI, SUGAR MAKING, AND ANOTHER JOKE 172 XIX. A TALK ABOUT PORTO RICO 183 XX. AN ADVENTURE IN THE MOUNTAINS 193 XXI. ACROSS PORTO RICO ON HORSEBACK 204 XXII. HOCKLEY IN TROUBLE 213 XXIII. THE BULLY IS HUMBLED 223 XXIV. SOMETHING ABOUT EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES 233 XXV. A COLLISION AT SEA 243 XXVI. THE LUMBER RAFT 256 XXVII. STONE DUST AND BOILING WATER 265 XXVIII. THE ERUPTION OF MONT PELEE 274 XXIX. THE DESTRUCTION OF ST. PIERRE 285 XXX. LOOKING FOR THE MISSING ONES 296 XXXI. DANGEROUS VOLCANO EXPLORING 306 XXXII. THE FATE OF CAPTAIN SUDLIP 316 XXXIII. A HAPPY MEETING--CONCLUSION 325 [Illustration: PAN AMERICAN SERIES] THE YOUNG VOLCANO EXPLORERS CHAPTER I INTRODUCING THE BOYS “Here comes the mail boy, Darry. Now for letters and newspapers from home. There ought to be plenty of letters for all of us.” “Don’t be too sure Frank. The mails in Venezuela are mighty slow, especially now when there is another revolution on.” “Oh, I don’t believe this one-horse revolution will have anything to do with the mails,” put in a third boy, as he joined his chums, who were lounging in the hallway of a spacious hotel in Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. “They have them too often, you know.”