Adrift on the Pacific: A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils
Adrift on the Pacific
A Boys Story of the Sea and its Perils
By EDWARD S. ELLIS
Author of “The Young Pioneers,” “Fighting to Win,” “Adrift in the Wilds,” “The Boy Patriot,” Etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY; PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1911 By A. L. BURT COMPANY
Adrift on the Pacific
A few hours before the sailing of the steamer Polynesia , from San Francisco to Japan, and while Captain Strathmore stood on deck watching the bustle and hurry, he was approached by a nervous, well-dressed gentleman, who was leading a little girl by the hand.
“I wish you to take a passenger to Tokio for me, Captain Strathmore,” said the stranger.
The honest, bluff old captain, although tender of the feelings of others, never forgot the dignity and respect due to his position, and, looking sternly at the stranger, said:
“You should know, sir, that it is the purser and not the captain whom you should see.”
Edward Sylvester Ellis
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Adrift on the Pacific
CHAPTER I
CAPTAIN STRATHMORE’S PASSENGER
CHAPTER II
THE CAPTAIN AND INEZ
CHAPTER III
AN ACCIDENT
CHAPTER IV
MISSING
CHAPTER V
THE NEW PASSENGER
CHAPTER VI
“PORT YOUR HELM!”
CHAPTER VII
THE REASON WHY THE VOYAGE WAS UNDERTAKEN
CHAPTER VIII
VOYAGING SOUTHWARD
CHAPTER IX
GROPING IN THE DARK
CHAPTER X
THE MUTINEERS
CHAPTER XI
CAPTAIN BERGEN MAKES TWO IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES
CHAPTER XII
IN THE HAVEN AT LAST
CHAPTER XIII
THE OYSTER BED
CHAPTER XIV
THE REVOLT
CHAPTER XV
THE FRIEND IN NEED
CHAPTER XVI
A STRANGE VISITOR
CHAPTER XVII
ON THE CORAL
CHAPTER XVIII
A VISIT FROM SHORE
CHAPTER XIX
THE DEPARTURE
CHAPTER XX
HOW DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
CHAPTER XXI
AT LAST
CHAPTER XXII
THE PEARL OF THE PACIFIC
CHAPTER XXIII
A DISMAL HOME
CHAPTER XXIV
THREE YEARS
CHAPTER XXV
AN ARRIVAL
CHAPTER XXVI
THE FLYING PROA AND ITS COMMANDER
CHAPTER XXVII
FRED SANDERS
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE MATE BECOMES CAPTAIN
CHAPTER XXIX
FAREWELL TO THE ISLAND
CHAPTER XXX
ON THE FLYING PROA
CHAPTER XXXI
A STRANGE CRAFT
CHAPTER XXXII
A FRIEND AMONG ENEMIES
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE PURSUIT
CHAPTER XXXIV
CLOSING IN
CHAPTER XXXV
WAUPARMUR
CHAPTER XXXVI
HOMEWARD BOUND
CHAPTER XXXVII
CONCLUSION