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_Title:_ The Mystery of Cabin Island
_Date of first publication:_ 1929
_Author:_ Franklin W. Dixon
_Illustrator:_ Walter S. Rogers
_Date first posted:_ Mar. 17, 2023
_Date last updated:_ Mar. 17, 2023
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=THE= =HARDY= =BOYS=

THE MYSTERY OF
CABIN ISLAND

BY
FRANKLIN W. DIXON
Author of
The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure
The Hardy Boys: The Secret of the Caves
The Ted Scott Flying Stories

ILLUSTRATED BY
Walter S. Rogers

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Made in the United States of America

BOOKS FOR BOYS

By FRANKLIN W. DIXON

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

THE HARDY BOYS MYSTERY STORIES

THE HARDY BOYS: THE TOWER TREASURE
THE HARDY BOYS: THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF
THE HARDY BOYS: THE SECRET OF THE OLD MILL
THE HARDY BOYS: THE MISSING CHUMS
THE HARDY BOYS: HUNTING FOR HIDDEN GOLD
THE HARDY BOYS: THE SHORE ROAD MYSTERY
THE HARDY BOYS: THE SECRET OF THE CAVES
THE HARDY BOYS: THE MYSTERY OF CABIN ISLAND

THE TED SCOTT FLYING STORIES

OVER THE OCEAN TO PARIS
RESCUED IN THE CLOUDS
OVER THE ROCKIES WITH THE AIR MAIL
FIRST STOP HONOLULU
THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST FLYERS
SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE
ACROSS THE PACIFIC
THE LONE EAGLE OF THE BORDER
FLYING AGAINST TIME
OVER THE JUNGLE TRAILS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I Ice-Boating on the Bay. . . . . . 1
II Heading for Trouble. . . . . . . 10
III A Strange Note. . . . . . . . 17
IV Holiday Plans. . . . . . . . 24
V Mr. Hanleigh. . . . . . . . . 34
VI Preparations. . . . . . . . . 40
VII The Other Ice-Boat. . . . . . . 48
VIII Suspicious Actions. . . . . . . 56
IX Night on Cabin Island. . . . . . 65
X Stolen Supplies. . . . . . . . 74
XI Postage Stamps. . . . . . . . 83
XII The Notebook. . . . . . . . . 92
XIII The Cipher. . . . . . . . . 100
XIV Christmas Day. . . . . . . . 109
XV Chicken Thieves. . . . . . . . 118
XVI The Chimney. . . . . . . . . 133
XVII The Escape. . . . . . . . . 142
XVIII The Cipher Solved. . . . . . . 150
XIX Disappointment. . . . . . . . 159
XX When Rogues Fall Out. . . . . . . 166
XXI A Cry for Help. . . . . . . . 175
XXII The Letter. . . . . . . . . 184
XXIII The Chimney Collapses. . . . . . 191
XXIV The Discovery. . . . . . . . 198
XXV Elroy Jefferson Is Pleased. . . . . 209