CONTENTSCHAP. I. [THE "SCRAPPED" CRUISER]II. [THE INTERRUPTED MATCH]III. [THE DESTROYER'S QUEST]IV. [THE OUTRAGE ON THE HIGH SEAS]V. [OVERHAULED]VI. [TRAPPED]VII. [HOLDING THE CONNING-TOWER]VIII. [THE PERIL OF THE VOICE-TUBE]IX. [HOLDING UP "L'ÉGALITÉ"]X. [THE HYDRO-AEROPLANES]XI. [HOKOSUKA'S SLEIGHT-OF-HAND]XII. [THE "DUKE OF NEGROPONT"]XIII. [THE HOSTAGES ARE MADE USE OF]XIV. [THE FORTUNE OF WAR]XV. [RAMMING AN ICEBERG]XVI. [CARDYKE TO THE RESCUE]XVII. [TOUCH AND GO]XVIII. [MUTINY AND A RUSE THAT FAILED]XIX. [CERVILLO DESERTS HIS CREW]XX. [THE RECAPTURE OF THE "INDEPENDENCIA"]XXI. [DRAKE MEETS THE YACHT "SERENA"]XXII. [JUAN CERVILLO KEEPS HIS VOW]XXIII. [FORESTALLED]XXIV. [THE COCKED HAT] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS [CRASH! A SHELL STRIKING THE BASE OF THE FUNNEL REDUCED IT TO ATOMS] Frontispiece [RIGHT AHEAD CAME A HUGE BATTLE-CRUISER] [A NOOSE WAS ADROITLY THROWN OVER HIS SHOULDERS AND JERKED TIGHT] [THE SHOT CAUGHT THE DECOY-BEARER JUST BELOW THE KNEE] [BEFORE CERVILLO COULD RECOVER FROM HIS ASTONISHMENT HE WAS FLOORED BY THE ATHLETIC SUB] [HALF-A-DOZEN SEAMEN, HEADED BY THE RENEGADE ENGLISHMAN, BURST INTO THE ROOM] [THE PIRATES RUSHED FOR THE BOATS] [AFTER A QUARTER OF AN HOUR'S SUSPENSE THE "INDEPENDENCIA" GAINED THE OPEN SEA] [HE STRUGGLED DESPERATELY TO THROW HIMSELF ONCE MORE INTO THE SEA]