CHAPTERPAGE
I.Caught in a Gale[1]
IICarried Away to Sea[11]
III"She's Like a Warship Below."[24]
IV.A Lesson in Patriotism[37]
V.Sending the Message[51]
VI."Viva, Cuba Libre!"[63]
VII.In the Danger Zone[73]
VIII.A Brush with the Gunboat[86]
IX.The Midnight Message[99]
X.Into the Enemy's Country[112]
XI.Captured by Spaniards[125]
XII.On to Gomez[139]
XIII.Harry Refuses to Betray Captain Dynamite[151]
XIV.The Secret Passage[165]
XV.The Execution at Dawn[177]
XVI.The Escape[185]
XVII."You Will Be Shot as Spies"[198]
XVIII.Captain Dynamite Finds Juanita[208]
XIX.Drawing the Net Closer[218]
XX.Captain Dynamite to the Rescue[231]
XXI.General Serano Meets Captain Dynamite[242]
XXII.The Escape—Villamonte Again Beaten[254]
XXIII.Back to the Mariella[266]
XXIV.The Escape From the Lagoon[275]
XXV.Home Again[291]


A VOYAGE WITH CAPTAIN DYNAMITE


CHAPTER I

Caught in a Gale

"Let go the jib halliards, Mason. Lay out there, Bert, and get in that slack sail. It's blowing a bit. Gee, see that bank of wind coming up."

The little pleasure boat careened and took aboard a few barrels of water as she faced a sudden puff of wind that almost put her on her beam ends. But she was a game little craft, and came back from the onslaught of the elements with a sturdiness that indicated strong timbers, and a build that was meant to cope with the sudden squalls that come out of a clear sky off the coast of Martha's Vineyard during the early autumn days.

"She's good for anything that you will get around these parts, and she is the fastest boat of her length in these waters."