The Flying Bo'sun: A Mystery of the Sea

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.	Off for the South Seas, with Few Clothes but a Stout Heart	3
CHAPTER II.	The Storm—Tattered and Torn but Still on the Ocean	13
CHAPTER III.	Beecham's Pills Are Worth a Guinea Though They Cost but Eighteen Pence	25
CHAPTER IV.	Personalities—Omens and Superstitions of Old Charlie	33
CHAPTER V.	The Shark—"To Hell with Shark and Ship"	44
CHAPTER VI.	The Tin-Plate Fight—One-Eyed Riley Triumphs	52
CHAPTER VII.	In Which the Captain Wounds His Hand	61
CHAPTER VIII.	The Bo'sun Lights—The Captain's Death	68
CHAPTER IX.	The Showdown—Swanson Takes the Count	76
CHAPTER X.	Burial at Sea—In Which Riley Officiates	83
CHAPTER XI.	Astral Influences—The Crew's Version of the Unknown	91
CHAPTER XII.	The Cook's Watch—Materialism Versus Astralism	100
CHAPTER XIII.	Higher Intelligence—A Visit from Out the Shadows	107
CHAPTER XIV.	Christmas Day—Our Unwilling Guest the Dolphin	117
CHAPTER XV.	Crimp and Sailor—The Cook's Marxian Effort	123
CHAPTER XVI.	The Montana Cowboy—A Horse-Marine Adventure	130
CHAPTER XVII.	The Fragrant Smell of the Alluring Palms	141
CHAPTER XVIII.	Suva Harbor—The Reef and the Lighthouses	146
CHAPTER XIX.	Introducing Captain Kane, Mrs. Fagan and Mrs. Fagan's Bar	151
CHAPTER XX.	Reminiscences of Old Clipper Days	158
CHAPTER XXI.	Unloading Cargo—Again the Master—Native Police.	163
CHAPTER XXII.	Shore Leave—The Web-Toed Sailor—The Missionary Ship	173
CHAPTER XXIII.	Fiji Royalty—Local Color—Visitors to the Ship	187
CHAPTER XXIV.	A Drive with Captain Kane—Razorback Rampant	194
CHAPTER XXV.	Homeward Bound—The Stowaway	202
CHAPTER XXVI.	The Mysterious Hindoo	211
CHAPTER XXVII.	The Hurricane	220
CHAPTER XXVIII.	The Master Returns	228
CHAPTER XXIX.	The Home Port	238

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