PERCY F. WESTERMAN
[Illustration: logo]
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
MORRISON AND GIBB LTD., LONDON AND EDINBURGH
P 1980
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | [A Pair of Rogues] | 1 |
| II. | [The Pirate Crew sign on] | 13 |
| III. | [The Alerte sails] | 22 |
| IV. | [The First Haul] | 33 |
| V. | [The Rendezvous] | 54 |
| VI. | [The Last of the Ibex] | 65 |
| VII. | [The Capture of the Cap Hoorn] | 84 |
| VIII. | [A Proposal scorned] | 96 |
| IX. | [A Dash for Liberty] | 109 |
| X. | [Brute Strength] | 123 |
| XI. | [The Fight with the Surcouf] | 136 |
| XII. | [Hunted] | 145 |
| XIII. | [A Baffled Quest] | 157 |
| XIV. | [A Broken Reed] | 164 |
| XV. | [The Oil-Tanker] | 172 |
| XVI. | [The Stowaways] | 182 |
| XVII. | [Getting to Wind'ard of Pengelly] | 196 |
| XVIII. | [The Destroyer and the Destroyed] | 215 |
| XIX. | [Recalled] | 232 |
| XX. | [The Affair of the Bronx City] | 236 |
| XXI. | [Mutiny] | 245 |
| XXII. | [A Stern Chase] | 262 |
| XXIII. | [Cain resumes Command] | 272 |
| XXIV. | [The Fate of the Pirate Submarine] | 281 |