Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.

WHO CATCHES THE YOUNG SCAMPS." _Frontispiece._]]

THE MYSTERY

OF

HOYLE'S MOUTH

OR

The Adventures of Two Runaway Boys

BY M. E. ROPES

AUTHOR OF

"VASSIA," "JAN DOON, THE LION TAMER," ETC.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. AYTON SYMINGTON_

LONDON: THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION 57 AND 59 LUDGATE HILL, E.C.

PRINTED BY MORRISON AND GIBB LIMITED EDINBURGH

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THERE'S A GUINEA WAITING FOR ANYONE WHO CATCHES THE YOUNG SCAMPS _Frontispiece_

A TALL, DARK-DRAPED FORM, HOLDING A TORCH

DRAGGING BY THE COLLAR TOM HUGHES

HER EYES BLINKED UNDER THE LIGHT OF THE LANTERN

THE MYSTERY OF HOYLE'S MOUTH