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  THE MYSTERY BOYS AND CAPTAIN KIDD’S MESSAGE

  by

  VAN POWELL

  Author of“The Mystery Boys Series,” etc.

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  A. L. Burt CompanyPublishersNew York ChicagoPrinted in U. S. A.

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  THE MYSTERY BOYS THRILLING STORIES IN FAR DISTANT LANDS By VAN POWELL

  The Mystery Boys and the Inca Gold The Mystery Boys and Captain Kidd’s Message The Mystery Boys and the Secret of the Golden Sun The Mystery Boys and the Chinese Jewels The Mystery Boys and the Hindu Treasure

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  Copyright, 1931By A. L. Burt Company

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE I. Nicky and the Voodoo Woman 5 II. One Half of a Cipher 13 III. A “Mystery Boy” Meeting 22 IV. Captain Kidd’s Ghost 30 V. “Nothing Shall Stop Us!” 39 VI. On the Way to the Keys 49 VII. An Uncanny Summons 57 VIII. Crocodile Key 68 IX. Black Caesar’s Buccaneers 78 X. Sam Shows His True Colors 86 XI. One Mystery Is Solved 94 XII. Modern Pirates 102 XIII. The Mystery Boys Decide 110 XIV. The Chase 121 XV. Disaster! 129 XVI. Captain Nicky Takes Command 137 XVII. A Parley and a Plan 144 XVIII. A Surprise! 155 XIX. Captain Kidd’s Message 162 XX. Nicky Changes a Word! 168 XXI. In the Bottom of the Dipper! 176 XXII. Gold—Gold—Gold 186 XXIII. Marooned 195 XXIV. “A Needle in a Haystack” 203 XXV. In the Everglades 214 XXVI. Nicky Does Some Scouting 223 XXVII. In the Enemy’s Hands 232 XXVIII. Two in the Toils 238 XXIX. One Last Hope! 248 XXX. Cliff Plays His Part 254 XXXI. Nicky Is a Hero! 264 XXXII. How Voodoo Brought Success 274

  THE MYSTERY BOYS AND CAPTAIN KIDD’S MESSAGE