"The cruiser wireless telegraphed the fact of our rescue to the U. S. consul, and I wired the commander of the cruiser," replied Mr. Elton.
"I answered Mr. Elton's message," said the captain with a smile. "But are you going back to America now?" continued the captain.
"America is at war with Germany," was the reply.
We shall now take leave of our young friends, but we do so with the feeling that before long we shall hear more about them, and be able to follow their adventures enlisted under the banner of their own beloved land in the fight against oppression and savagery.
The object of these books is to place before the reader the unusual experiences of a party of boys who succeed in filming a number of interesting scenes.
The stories are replete with striking incidents on land and sea, and above all they describe with remarkable accuracy the methods employed to obtain many of the wonderful pictures which may be seen on the screen.
=The Motion Picture Comrades' Great Venture; or, On the Road with the Big Round Top=
=The Motion Picture Comrades Through African Jungles; or, The Camera Boys in Wild Animal Land=
=The Motion Picture Comrades Along the Orinoco; or, Facing Perils in the Tropics=
=The Motion Picture Comrades Aboard a Submarine; or, Searching for Treasure Under the Sea=4836
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=The Hilltop Boys; A Story of School Life=
Jack Sheldon, a clean-minded and popular student in the academy, gains the enmity of several of the boys, but their efforts to injure him fail. A mystery, connected with Jack's earlier life, is used against him, but he comes off with flying colors.
=The Hilltop Boys in Camp; or, The Rebellion at the Academy=
A strange situation arises in which an airship figures as the bearer of an important letter. The head-master acts without investigating all the facts, but matters are all finally adjusted to the satisfaction of all concerned.
=The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island; or, An Unusual Adventure=
The scene now shifts to the West Indies and Jack figures as the hero of a daring rescue. Their experiences in tropical waters form a most stirring narrative, and the young reader is assured of a tale of gripping interest from first to last.