STEWART EDWARD WHITE AND

SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS Illustrations by Will Crawford 1907

CONTENTS PART ONE THE SEA RIDDLE

ILLUSTRATIONS

PART ONE THE SEA RIDDLE

I DESERT SEAS

II THE LAUGHING LASS

III THE DEATH SHIP

IV THE SECOND PRIZE CREW

V THE DISAPPEARANCE

VI THE CASTAWAYS

VII THE FREE LANCE

PART TWO

I THE BARBARY COAST

II THE GRAVEN IMAGE

III THE TWELVE REPEATING RIFLES

IV THE STEEL CLAW

V THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

VI THE ISLAND

VII CAPTAIN SELOVER LOSES HIS NERVE

VIII WRECKING OF THE GOLDEN HORN

IX THE EMPTY BRANDY BOTTLE

X CHANGE OF MASTERS

XI THE CORROSIVE

XII "OLD SCRUBS" COMES ASHORE

XIII I MAKE MY ESCAPE

XIV AN ADVENTURE IN THE NIGHT

XV FIVE HUNDRED YARDS' RANGE

XVI THE MURDER

XVII THE OPEN SEA

XVIII THE CATASTROPHE

PART THREE

I IN THE WARDROOM

II THE JOLLY ROGER

III THE CACHE

IV THE TWIN SLABS

V THE PINWHEEL VOLCANO

VI MR. DARROW RECEIVES

VII THE SURVIVORS

VIII THE MAKER OF MARVELS

IX THE ACHIEVEMENT

X THE DOOM

THE END

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