“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

CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Gold Ship[5]
IIWar Is Declared![15]
IIIOn Deck Once More[23]
IVIcebergs Ahead![32]
VA Close Shave[38]
VISmoke on the Horizon[49]
VIIA Shot at the Rudder[55]
VIIILand Ho![61]
IXA Strange Quest[69]
XUnder Old Glory[78]
XIThe “Herr Professor” Again[84]
XIIThe Armed Cruiser[90]
XIIIA Message in Code[96]
XIVThe Cattle Ship[103]
XVJack’s Brave Leap[113]
XVIAwaiting Orders[120]
XVIIWhat Befell in the After Cabin[128]
XVIIIA Rascal Brought to Book[135]
XIXThe “Barley Rig”[147]
XXThe Hidden Mine[154]
XXIThe North Sea[160]
XXIIA Night of Alarms[167]
XXIIIMeeting an Old Friend[173]
XXIVThe Sky Slayer[179]
XXVIn the Glare of the Flames[187]
XXVITwo Young Heroes[194]
XXVII“The Germans Are Coming!”[201]
XXVIIIFast Traveling[207]
XXIXThe Uhlans![215]
XXX“You Are a Spy!”[221]
XXXICourt-martialed[227]
XXXIIThe Long Night[233]
XXXIIIThrough Bullet-Racked Air[243]
XXXIVA Flight of Terror[248]
XXXVThe Bully of the Clouds[254]
XXXVIA Mysterious Capture[260]
XXXVIIThe Might of Militarism[266]
XXXVIIIMilitary Cross-examination[272]
XXXIXShattering the Shackles[278]
XLOld Glory Again[285]
XLIWar in Times of Peace[292]