# The Rover Boys in Camp

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Eighth volume in the Rover Boys series
THE ROVER BOYS
IN CAMP
OR
THE RIVALS OF PINE ISLAND
BY
ARTHUR M. WINFIELD
(Edward Stratemeyer)
AUTHOR OF THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL, THE ROVER BOYS ON THE OCEAN, THE PUTNAM HALL SERIES, Etc.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP, PUBLISHERS Made in the United States of America
THE MARCH TO CAMP.
INTRODUCTION
My Dear Boys: "The Rover Boys in Camp" is a complete story in itself, but forms the eighth volume of "The Rover Boys Series for Young Americans."
As I have mentioned before, when I started this line of stories I had in mind to make not more than three, or possibly four, volumes. But the publication of "Rover Boys at School," "Rover Boys on the Ocean," "Rover Boys in the Jungle," and "Rover Boys Out West" did not appear to satisfy my readers, and so I followed with "Rover Boys on the Great Lakes," "Rover Boys in the Mountains," and lastly with "Rover Boys on Land and Sea." But the publishers say there is still a cry for "more! more!" and so I now present to you this new Rover Boys book, which relates the adventures of Dick, Tom, and Sam, and a number of their old-time friends, at home, at dear old Putnam Hall, and in camp on Pine Island.
In writing this tale I have had in mind two thoughts—one to give my young readers an ​out-and-out story of jolly summer adventure, along with a little touch of mystery, and the other to show them that it very often pays to return good for evil. Arnold Baxter had done much to bring trouble to the Rover family, but what Dick Rover did in return was Christian-like in the highest meaning of that term. Dick was not a "goody-goody" youth, but he was a thoroughly manly one, and his example is well worth following by any lad who wishes to make something of himself.
Once more let me thank all of those who have expressed themselves as satisfied with the previous stories in this series. I earnestly trust the present volume will also prove acceptable to them, and will do them good.
          Affectionately and sincerely yours,
                Edward Stratemeyer
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. | The Rover Boys at Home | 1 |
| II. | News of Interest | 8 |
| III. | A Midnight Visitor | 16 |
| IV. | A Useless Pursuit | 24 |
| V. | On the Way to Putnam Hall | 32 |
| VI. | Fun on the Boat | 39 |
| VII. | Something About the Military Academy | 48 |
| VIII. | A Scene in the Gymnasium | 57 |
| IX. | Settling Down to Study | 65 |
| X. | An Adventure in Cedarville | 74 |
| XI. | A Quarrel and Its Result | 83 |
| XII. | The Election for Officers | 91 |
| XIII. | The Fight at the Boathouse | 100 |
| XIV. | Getting Ready for the Encampment | 109 |
| XV. | On the March to the Camp | 119 |
| XVI. | The First Day on Pine Island | 127 |
| XVII. | The Enemy Plot Mischief | 136 |
| XVIII. | Hazers at Work | 146 |
| XIX. | A Storm in Camp | 155 |
| XX. | The Rover Boys and the Ball | 165 ​ |
| XXI. | A Tug of War | 174 |
| XXII. | A Swim and Some Snakes | 183 |
| XXIII. | A Glimpse of an Old Enemy | 191 |
| XXIV. | More Rivalry | 200 |
| XXV. | Winning the Contests | 210 |
| XXVI. | Sam Shows what He Can Do | 221 |
| XXVII. | A Prisoner of the Enemy | 229 |
| XXVIII. | Dick's Midnight Adventure | 237 |
| XXIX. | True Heroism | 245 |
| XXX. | Turning a New Leaf—Conclusion | 253 |
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