The Corner House Girls on Palm Island   By: Grace Brooks Hill

THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON PALM ISLAND

BY

GRACE BROOKS HILL

Author of "The Corner House Girls," "The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY THELMA GOOCH

BARSE & HOPKINS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, N. Y. NEWARK, N. J.

BOOKS FOR GIRLS

The Corner House Girls Series By Grace Brooks Hill

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS AT SCHOOL THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS UNDER CANVAS THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS IN A PLAY THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ODD FIND THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A TOUR THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS GROWING UP THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS SNOWBOUND THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON A HOUSEBOAT THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS AMONG THE GYPSIES THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON PALM ISLAND

BARSE & HOPKINS New York, N. Y. Newark, N. J.

Copyright, 1922, by Barse & Hopkins

The Corner House Girls on Palm Island

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I "I Hear a Noise" 9 II A Difficult Case 19 III The Pendletons' Troubles 30 IV Was It Foolish? 40 V Somebody Pays the Fiddler 50 VI Sammy Pinkney's Devotion 59 VII Into Tropic Climes 68 VIII Lots of Fun 78 IX The Girl From the Back Bay 90 X The Concert 100 XI A Sea Adventure 110 XII The Island Refuge 121 XIII A Long Way From the Corner House 130 XIV Many New Things 139 XV Adventures of the Castaways 150 XVI Mr. Methuselah 160 XVII Looking for Adventure 169 XVIII A Night of Despair 179 XIX The Raft 188 XX The Flag on the Tree Top 198 XXI A Night Alarm 208 XXII The Odyssey of Tess and Dot 217 XXIII The Turtle Catchers 228 XXIV The Groan of a Grampus 237 XXV Tying all the Threads 247

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

They could all see the deep scratches on the shell Title FACING PAGE "Who is that girl who stares at me so hard whenever she passes?" Agnes asked 86

The transportation of the four girls did not take long 132

Climbing it on hands and knees was a hard task but not particularly dangerous 224

THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS ON PALM ISLAND

CHAPTER I

"I HEAR A NOISE"