PERCY F. WESTERMAN
Reading edition
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London
NISBET & CO. LTD.
22 BERNERS STREET, W. 1
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY MORRISON AND GIBB LTD., LONDON AND EDINBURGH P 1980
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. A Pair of Rogues 1
II. The Pirate Crew sign on 13
III. The Alerte sails 22
IV. The First Haul 33
V. The Rendezvous 54
VI. The Last of the Ibex 65
VII. The Capture of the Cap Hoorn 84
VIII. A Proposal scorned 96
IX. A Dash for Liberty 109
X. Brute Strength 123
XI. The Fight with the Surcouf 136
XII. Hunted 145
XIII. A Baffled Quest 157
XIV. A Broken Reed 164
XV. The Oil-Tanker 172
XVI. The Stowaways 182
XVII. Getting to Wind'ard of Pengelly 196
XVIII. The Destroyer and the Destroyed 215
XIX. Recalled 232
XX. The Affair of the Bronx City 236
XXI. Mutiny 245
XXII. A Stern Chase 262
XXIII. Cain resumes Command 272
XXIV. The Fate of the Pirate Submarine 281