CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. [Off for the South Seas, with Few Clothes but a Stout Heart ]3
CHAPTER II. [The Storm—Tattered and Torn but Still on the Ocean ]13
CHAPTER III. [Beecham's Pills Are Worth a Guinea Though They Cost but Eighteen Pence ]25
CHAPTER IV. [Personalities—Omens and Superstitions of Old Charlie ]33
CHAPTER V. [The Shark—"To Hell with Shark and Ship" ]44
CHAPTER VI. [The Tin-Plate Fight—One-Eyed Riley Triumphs ]52
CHAPTER VII. [In Which the Captain Wounds His Hand ]61
CHAPTER VIII. [The Bo'sun Lights—The Captain's Death ]68
CHAPTER IX. [The Showdown—Swanson Takes the Count ]76
CHAPTER X. [Burial at Sea—In Which Riley Officiates ]83
CHAPTER XI. [Astral Influences—The Crew's Version of the Unknown ]91
CHAPTER XII. [The Cook's Watch—Materialism Versus Astralism ]100
CHAPTER XIII. [Higher Intelligence—A Visit from Out the Shadows ]107
CHAPTER XIV. [Christmas Day—Our Unwilling Guest the Dolphin ]117
CHAPTER XV. [Crimp and Sailor—The Cook's Marxian Effort ]123
CHAPTER XVI. [The Montana Cowboy—A Horse-Marine Adventure ]130
CHAPTER XVII. [The Fragrant Smell of the Alluring Palms ]141
CHAPTER XVIII. [Suva Harbor—The Reef and the Lighthouses ]146
CHAPTER XIX. [Introducing Captain Kane, Mrs. Fagan and Mrs. Fagan's Bar ]151
CHAPTER XX. [Reminiscences of Old Clipper Days ]158
CHAPTER XXI. [Unloading Cargo—Again the Master—Native Police. ]163
CHAPTER XXII. [Shore Leave—The Web-Toed Sailor—The Missionary Ship ]173
CHAPTER XXIII. [Fiji Royalty—Local Color—Visitors to the Ship ]187
CHAPTER XXIV. [A Drive with Captain Kane—Razorback Rampant ]194
CHAPTER XXV. [Homeward Bound—The Stowaway ]202
CHAPTER XXVI. [The Mysterious Hindoo ]211
CHAPTER XXVII. [The Hurricane ]220
CHAPTER XXVIII. [The Master Returns ]228
CHAPTER XXIX. [The Home Port ]238