COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Riverside Press

CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS

PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.

“Certainly they give men rewards for doing such things, but what reward can there be in any gift of Kings or peoples to match the enduring satisfaction of having done them, not alone, but with and through and by trusty and proven companions?”

Kipling; Sea Warfare

CONTENTS

I[A Scientist in the Making]
II[The Storm-Cloud]
III[The Mobilization]
IV[Progress in Jeopardy]
V[The Storm-Center Moves Eastward]
VI[The Hunt]
VII[The Fleet Arrives]
VIII[Dispatching the Secret Messenger]
IX[The Round-up]
X[The Power of Suggestion]
XI[Intrigue and Mischief]
XII[The Victim]
XIII[The Show-down]
XIV[The Battle]
XV[The Harbor at Sunset]

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