Table of Contents
AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
The Stranger 7
My Uncle Behaves Queerly 14
Higgleby’s Barn 18
Swords and Ships 24
A Mysterious Project 32
HANDS ACROSS THE SEA
Good-Bye to Old Haunts and Faces 42
A Wild Night 53
The Brig Adventure 67
An Old Sea Song 71
A LOW LAND IN THE EAST
Matterson 79
New Light on an Old Friend 87
Captain North Again 94
Issues Sharply Drawn 105
Land Ho! 109
THREE DESPERATE MEN
The Island 118
Strangest of All 129
The Man from the Jungle 135
A Warning Defied 144
Burned Bridges 151
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
Up Stream 155
A Grim Surprise 163
Siege 174
Sortie 181
FOR OUR VERY LIVES
Spears in the Dark 190
Cards and Chess 193
An Unseen Foe 200
The Fort Falls 205
Down the Current 217
The Fight at the Landing 227
THE LONG ROAD HOME
The Cruiser 235
A Passage at Arms 246
Westward Bound 255
The Door of Disaster 261
An Old, Old Story 270
Eheu Fugaces! 274
