“Thank heaven you came before it was too late.”—Page [108]
THE
OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS
ON
WAR SWEPT SEAS
BY
CAPTAIN WILBUR LAWTON
AUTHOR OF “THE BOY AVIATORS’ SERIES,” “THE DREADNOUGHT
BOYS’ SERIES,” “THE OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS ON THE
ATLANTIC,” “THE OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS AND THE
LOST LINER,” “THE OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS ON
THE PACIFIC”
With Illustrations by
ARTHUR O. SCOTT
NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY, Inc.
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1917,
BY
HURST & COMPANY
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Gold Ship | [5] |
| II | War Is Declared! | [15] |
| III | On Deck Once More | [23] |
| IV | Icebergs Ahead! | [32] |
| V | A Close Shave | [38] |
| VI | Smoke on the Horizon | [49] |
| VII | A Shot at the Rudder | [55] |
| VIII | Land Ho! | [61] |
| IX | A Strange Quest | [69] |
| X | Under Old Glory | [78] |
| XI | The “Herr Professor” Again | [84] |
| XII | The Armed Cruiser | [90] |
| XIII | A Message in Code | [96] |
| XIV | The Cattle Ship | [103] |
| XV | Jack’s Brave Leap | [113] |
| XVI | Awaiting Orders | [120] |
| XVII | What Befell in the After Cabin | [128] |
| XVIII | A Rascal Brought to Book | [135] |
| XIX | The “Barley Rig” | [147] |
| XX | The Hidden Mine | [154] |
| XXI | The North Sea | [160] |
| XXII | A Night of Alarms | [167] |
| XXIII | Meeting an Old Friend | [173] |
| XXIV | The Sky Slayer | [179] |
| XXV | In the Glare of the Flames | [187] |
| XXVI | Two Young Heroes | [194] |
| XXVII | “The Germans Are Coming!” | [201] |
| XXVIII | Fast Traveling | [207] |
| XXIX | The Uhlans! | [215] |
| XXX | “You Are a Spy!” | [221] |
| XXXI | Court-martialed | [227] |
| XXXII | The Long Night | [233] |
| XXXIII | Through Bullet-Racked Air | [243] |
| XXXIV | A Flight of Terror | [248] |
| XXXV | The Bully of the Clouds | [254] |
| XXXVI | A Mysterious Capture | [260] |
| XXXVII | The Might of Militarism | [266] |
| XXXVIII | Military Cross-examination | [272] |
| XXXIX | Shattering the Shackles | [278] |
| XL | Old Glory Again | [285] |
| XLI | War in Times of Peace | [292] |