FOR THE FREEDOM
OF THE SEAS

By Ralph Henry Barbour

PURPLE PENNANT SERIES

YARDLEY HALL SERIES

HILTON SERIES

ERSKINE SERIES

THE “BIG FOUR” SERIES

THE GRAFTON SERIES

BOOKS NOT IN SERIES


D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, New York

[“Hands up!”]

FOR THE FREEDOM
OF THE SEAS

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
AUTHOR OF
“KEEPING HIS COURSE,” “HITTING THE LINE,”
“WINNING HIS GAME,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES L. WRENN

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1918

Copyright, 1918, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

To

THOMAS LATIMER

of Groton, Connecticut
with the Author’s
greetings