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