The Galleon's Gold; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Deep Sea Search.

Transcriber’s Note:
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The young inventor struck the fellow over the helmet with the flat side of his spade. The shock laid him out senseless, but another followed him. This one struck Clifford to his knees. But Barney went to the rescue.
FRANK READE
WEEKLY MAGAZINE.
CONTAINING STORIES OF ADVENTURES ON LAND, SEA AND IN THE AIR.
Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Application made for Second Class entry at the New York., N.Y., Post Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1904, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C., by Frank Tousey, 24 Union Square, New York.
By “NONAME.”
The clipper ship Aurelian, one of the few survivors of the old West India trade, had sighted Sandy Hook, and was making New York harbor after a remarkable voyage from Belize.
Captain Hartley, her master, was eagerly watching the approaches to the harbor with his deck glass.
By his side stood a man of distinguished appearance.
He was tall, sinewy, and would have been considered handsome were it not for the yellow hue of skin which all travelers in tropical climes are bound to acquire.