CHAPTER PAGE
I. [The Storm ]9
II. [The Land Across the Sea ]21
III. [The Young Sailor ]31
IV. [The Young Planter ]45
V. [The Birth of the United States Navy ]55
VI. [Raising the First American Flag ]63
VII. [An Inglorious Cruise ]75
VIII. [The Young Captain ]84
IX. [Aboard the "Ranger" ]98
X. [In the Enemy's Own Waters ]110
XI. [Outwitting the "Drake" ]125
XII. [The Queer Conduct of Captain Landais ]130
XIII. [Fighting Friend and Foe ]150
XIV. [Diplomacy and Society ]163
XV. [And the Last ]172

ILLUSTRATIONS

[John Paul Jones ]
From a portrait by Chappel 		Frontispiece
[Fight between the Serapis and the Bon Homme Richard ]
From a rare print 		150
[Boarding the Serapis ]
From a rare print 		160
[Paul Jones's Last Burial ]
Midshipmen escorting the casket to its final resting place, in Annapolis, April 24, 1906 		178

THE STORY OF JOHN PAUL JONES

I

THE STORM

In the summer of 1759, James Younger, a prosperous shipowning merchant of Whitehaven, England, found himself short of sailors to man a new vessel he had just secured. Said he to himself, "I know just where I shall be likely to pick up such fellows as I need. To-morrow I shall go to Arbigland."