Front matter
Reading edition
IN THE LABORATORY
THE RADIO GUNNER
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1924
COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
“Certainly they give men rewards for doing such things, but what reward can there be in any gift of Kings or peoples to match the enduring satisfaction of having done them, not alone, but with and through and by trusty and proven companions?” Kipling; Sea Warfare
CONTENTS
IA Scientist in the Making
IIThe Storm-Cloud
IIIThe Mobilization
IVProgress in Jeopardy
VThe Storm-Center Moves Eastward
VIThe Hunt
VIIThe Fleet Arrives
VIIIDispatching the Secret Messenger
IXThe Round-up
XThe Power of Suggestion
XIIntrigue and Mischief
XIIThe Victim
XIIIThe Show-down
XIVThe Battle
XVThe Harbor at Sunset
ILLUSTRATIONS
In the Laboratory
And then the thing struck
“There’s your oil-slick, isn’t it, Captain?”
Fraser scratched on the ground diagrams illustrative of the formations
Drawn by Heman Fay, Jr.