Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
"HERE GRIT, OLD FELLOW, GIVE IT TO ME! THAT'S
A GOOD DOG!"
Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht. Frontispiece—(Page 201.)
DICK HAMILTON'S
STEAM YACHT
OR
A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE AND
THE KIDNAPPERS
BY
HOWARD R. GARIS
AUTHOR OF "DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE," "DICK HAMILTON'S
CADET DAYS," "FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER," "LARRY
DEXTER, REPORTER," "LARRY DEXTER'S GREAT
SEARCH," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
BOOKS FOR BOYS
By Howard R. Garis
THE DICK HAMILTON SERIES
DICK HAMILTON'S FORTUNE
Or The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son.DICK HAMILTON'S CADET DAYS
Or The Handicap of a Millionaire's SonDICK HAMILTON'S STEAM YACHT
Or A Young Millionaire and the KidnappersDICK HAMILTON'S FOOTBALL TEAM
Or A Young Millionaire on the Gridiron
(Other volumes in preparation)
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
THE YOUNG REPORTER SERIES
FROM OFFICE BOY TO REPORTER
Or The First Step in JournalismLARRY DEXTER, THE YOUNG REPORTER
Or Strange Adventures in a Great CityLARRY DEXTER'S GREAT SEARCH
Or The Hunt for a Missing MillionaireLARRY DEXTER AND THE BANK MYSTERY
Or A Young Reporter in Wall StreetLARRY DEXTER AND THE STOLEN BOY
Or A Young Reporter on the Lakes
12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1911, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht
PREFACE
My Dear Boys:
Perhaps some of you, at one time or another, have had a desire to becast away on an island in the middle of the ocean, there to have allsorts of adventures, to build a boat, and sail away, maybe; or, at anyrate, to have some experience on the great sea.
Something like this fell to the lot of Dick Hamilton, though he was notexactly looking for it, and it is my privilege to give you in this, thethird volume of the "Dick Hamilton Series," an account of what happenedto the young millionaire when he had purchased a steam yacht, andstarted out on a cruise with some of his friends.
Dick was marooned on a small island, but, far from that proving adelightful experience, he was very glad to leave, even though it was ona raft, which he and his companions constructed.
How the wealthy youth happened to be marooned ther