Front matter
Reading edition
BY
C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE
THIRD EDITION
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. LONDON
First Published ... May 11th, 1916 Second Edition ..... May 1916 Third Edition ...... October 1916
Copyrighted in the United States by C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE
All rights of translation, dramatic and motion picture rights reserved
TO E.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Marriage of Kettle Firemen Hot Kate Meredith The Escape Agents Adventures of Captain Kettle Mr. Horrocks, Purser The Filibusters The Lost Continent The Little Red Captain The Recipe for Diamonds The Paradise Coalboat Through Arctic Lapland Further Adventures of Captain Kettle Thompson's Progress Captain Kettle, K.C.B. McTodd Atoms of Empire Prince Rupert the Buccaneer Trials of Commander McTurk Emperor of The World
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I The Supply Ship
II The Mine-layer
III Cotton
IV Gun-runners
V The Intervening Wire
VI Rejoining at Once
VII The Lady Killer
VIII An Eye for an Eye
IX That Rhine Tour
X The Inventor of Meltite
CAPTAIN KETTLE ON THE WAR-PATH