The Third Officer: A Present-day Pirate Story
BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
BLACKIE & SON (INDIA) LIMITED
BLACKIE & SON (CANADA) LIMITED
BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
To the accompaniment of a pungent whiff of hot oil, a miniature cascade of coal dust and frozen snow, and the rasping sound of the derrick chain, the last of the cargo for No. 3 hold of the S.S. Donibristle bumped heavily upon the mountain of crates that almost filled the dark confined space.
Guess that's the lot, boss, observed the foreman stevedore.
Thanks be! ejaculated Alwyn Burgoyne, third officer of the 6200-ton tramp, making a cryptic notation in the hold-book . Right-o; all shipshape there? All hands on deck and get those hatches secured. Look lively lads!
Percy F. Westerman
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THE THIRD OFFICER
THE
THIRD OFFICER
A Present-day Pirate Story
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
Contents
THE THIRD OFFICER
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII