CHAPTER PAGE
I [A MUTINY.][7]
II [GETTING EVEN IN THE DARK.][15]
III [REVENGE OF A DIFFERENT SORT.][28]
IV [A CERTIFICATE OF CHARACTER.][46]
V [SAM LAYS HIS PLANS.][51]
VI [CAPTAIN SAM BEGINS HIS MARCH.][59]
VII [SAM'S TRAVELLING FACTORY.][64]
VIII [A MOTION WHICH WAS NOT IN ORDER.][72]
IX [JAKE ELLIOTT GETS EVEN WITH SAM.][82]
X [A DISTURBANCE IN CAMP.][88]
XI [BACKWOODS GEOMETRY.][95]
XII [HOW TO HAVE A "LONG HEAD."][101]
XIII [WHAT DOES SAM MEAN?][107]
XIV [SAM CLEARS UP THE MYSTERY.][113]
XV [A FOREST SHIP YARD.][119]
XVI [CAPTAIN SAM PLAYS THE PART OF A SKIPPER.][129]
XVII [THLUCCO.][141]
XVIII ["INJUN NO FOOL."][149]
XIX [SAM SEEKS INFORMATION IN THE DARK.][156]
XX [A SUSPICIOUS OCCURRENCE.][168]
XXI [JAKE ELLIOTT MAKES ANOTHER EFFORT TO GET EVEN.][180]
XXII [THE SEA FIGHT.][191]
XXIII [CAPTAIN SAM.][202]

To my Boy-Friend

MONTAGUE DOUGLAS,

IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANLY CHARACTER, AND IN MEMORY
OF THE FOOT-JOURNEYS WE MADE TOGETHER A YEAR AGO,
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK.

CAPTAIN SAM.

CHAPTER I.

A MUTINY.