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THE LASCARS BUNDLED THE BODIES INTO THE LIFEBOAT. Page 52

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BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

Author of "The Third Officer," "Sea Scouts All," &c. &c.

Illustrated by W. E. Wigfull

BLACKIE & SON LIMITED LONDON AND GLASGOW 1922

By Percy F. Westerman

The Bulldog Breed. In Eastern Seas. Standish Loses his Man. Standish Gets his Man. Cadet Alan Carr. Under Fire in Spain. Haunted Harbour. His Unfinished Voyage. Winged Might. Captain Flick. Tireless Wings. His First Ship. The Red Pirate. The Call of the Sea. Standish of the Air Police. Sleuths of the Air. Andy-All-Alone. The Westow Talisman. The White Arab. The Buccaneers of Boya. Rounding up the Raider. Captain Fosdyke's Gold. In Defiance of the Ban. The Senior Cadet. The Amir's Ruby. The Secret of the Plateau. Leslie Dexter, Cadet. A Mystery of the Broads. Rivals of the Reef. Captain Starlight. On the Wings of the Wind. Captain Blundell's Treasure. Unconquered Wings. Pat Stobart in the "Golden Dawn". Ringed by Fire. Midshipman Raxworthy. Chums of the "Golden Vanity". Clipped Wings. Rocks Ahead. King for a Month. The Disappearing Dhow. The Luck of the "Golden Dawn". The Salving of the "Fusi Yama". Winning his Wings. The Good Ship "Golden Effort". East in the "Golden Gain". The Quest of the "Golden Hope". The Wireless Officer. The Submarine Hunters. The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge. With Beatty off Jutland. The Dispatch Riders. The Last of the Buccaneers. A Lively Bit of the Front. The Westerman Omnibus Book

Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow

Contents

CHAP.

I. Good News

II. The Eavesdropper

III. Reporting for Duty

IV. The Greenhorns

V. Under Way

VI. A Night of Peril

VII. "Logged"

VIII. The Passengers

IX. A Quiet Trick

X. The Unheeded SOS

XI. The Old Man is Disturbed

XII. The Code-Book

XIII. Crossing the Line

XIV. Mostyn to the Rescue

XV. Unpopularity

XVI. Hot Work in No. 1 Hold

XVII. The Decoy Wireless

XVIII. The Difference of a Dot

XIX. Peter's Progress

XX. An Eventful River Trip

XXI. The End of S.S. "West Barbican"

XXII. A Night of Horror

XXIII. Peter takes Charge of Things

XXIV. Tidings from the Sea

XXV. Riding it Out

XXVI. Mostyn's Watch

XXVII. Aground

XXVIII. The Island

XXIX. Repairs and Renewals

XXX. The Voyage is Resumed

XXXI. Picked up at Sea

XXXII. The Dhow

XXXIII. A Fight to a Finish

XXXIV. Olive Deals with the Situation

XXXV. The End of the Voyage

XXXVI. A Round of Surprises

XXXVII. How the Steelwork Arrived

XXXVIII. The Completion of the Contract

Illustrations

The Lascars bundled the bodies into the life-boat . . . . Frontispiece

The two men disappeared over the side of the ship

He began to turn the locking device, slowly and firmly

Two to one

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