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THE STOLEN CRUISER
[Illustration: "CRASH! A SHELL STRIKING THE BASE OF THE FUNNEL REDUCING IT TO ATOMS." Frontispiece]
THE STOLEN CRUISER
BY
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
AUTHOR OF "THE SEA MONARCH," "THE FLYING SUBMARINE" ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES NORMAN & J. DE WALTON
LONDON
JARROLD & SONS, 10 & 11, WARWICK LANE, E.C.
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I. THE "SCRAPPED" CRUISER
II. THE INTERRUPTED MATCH
III. THE DESTROYER'S QUEST
IV. THE OUTRAGE ON THE HIGH SEAS
V. OVERHAULED
VI. TRAPPED
VII. HOLDING THE CONNING-TOWER
VIII. THE PERIL OF THE VOICE-TUBE
IX. HOLDING UP "L'ÉGALITÉ"
X. THE HYDRO-AEROPLANES
XI. HOKOSUKA'S SLEIGHT-OF-HAND
XII. THE "DUKE OF NEGROPONT"
XIII. THE HOSTAGES ARE MADE USE OF
XIV. THE FORTUNE OF WAR
XV. RAMMING AN ICEBERG
XVI. CARDYKE TO THE RESCUE
XVII. TOUCH AND GO
XVIII. MUTINY AND A RUSE THAT FAILED
XIX. CERVILLO DESERTS HIS CREW
XX. THE RECAPTURE OF THE "INDEPENDENCIA"
XXI. DRAKE MEETS THE YACHT "SERENA"
XXII. JUAN CERVILLO KEEPS HIS VOW
XXIII. FORESTALLED
XXIV. THE COCKED HAT
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CRASH! A SHELL STRIKING THE BASE OF THE FUNNEL REDUCED IT TO ATOMS Frontispiece
RIGHT AHEAD CAME A HUGE BATTLE-CRUISER
A NOOSE WAS ADROITLY THROWN OVER HIS SHOULDERS AND JERKED TIGHT
THE SHOT CAUGHT THE DECOY-BEARER JUST BELOW THE KNEE
BEFORE CERVILLO COULD RECOVER FROM HIS ASTONISHMENT HE WAS FLOORED BY THE ATHLETIC SUB
HALF-A-DOZEN SEAMEN, HEADED BY THE RENEGADE ENGLISHMAN, BURST INTO THE ROOM
THE PIRATES RUSHED FOR THE BOATS
AFTER A QUARTER OF AN HOUR'S SUSPENSE THE "INDEPENDENCIA" GAINED THE OPEN SEA
HE STRUGGLED DESPERATELY TO THROW HIMSELF ONCE MORE INTO THE SEA