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_Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 53-6314_
Printed in the United States of America
by Vail-Ballou Press, Inc., Binghamton, N. Y.
TO
David LeClair and Richard Smith
_CONTENTS_
_Chapter One_ Storm 1
_Two_ Wreck 16
_Three_ On the Beach 34
_Four_ Trouble for the _Spray_ 54
_Five_ Rescue 73
_Six_ New Venture 89
_Seven_ Partners 109
_Eight_ Action 125
_Nine_ Pirates 144
_Ten_ The Great Fish 160
_Eleven_ Fisherman's Luck 171
_Twelve_ The Pond 184
The characters and situations in this book are wholly fictional and
imaginative: they do not portray and are not intended to portray any
actual persons or parties.
_THE SPELL OF THE WHITE STURGEON_