“Help! I Drown!” Came in a Muffled Voice.
Contents
- [CHAPTER I—THE PAIR IN THE SEAT AHEAD]
- [CHAPTER II—BOUNCER WAKES UP]
- [CHAPTER III—THE LUCKIEST BOY IN THE WORLD]
- [CHAPTER IV—SIGHTING THE “PIRATE”]
- [CHAPTER V—A JOKE ON THE ENEMY]
- [CHAPTER VI—TOM HAS A BAD QUARTER OF AN HOUR]
- [CHAPTER VII—“THE QUICKEST WAY OF WALKING THE PLANK”]
- [CHAPTER VIII—TOM DISCOVERS THE HEIR]
- [CHAPTER IX—TED HURLS A THUNDERBOLT]
- [CHAPTER X—OVERHAULING THE MYSTERY]
- [CHAPTER XI—WHERE THE WATER TRAIL ENDED]
- [CHAPTER XII—JOB HAS HIS COURAGE TESTED]
- [CHAPTER XIII—A CAPTURE IN RECORD TIME]
- [CHAPTER XIV—HEADED FOR THE SUNKEN REEF]
- [CHAPTER XV—IN THE TEETH OF DEATH]
- [CHAPTER XVI—FOLLOWING UP THE CLUE]
- [CHAPTER XVII—JOE PLAYS JUSTICE A SCURVY TRICK]
- [CHAPTER XVIII—THE MESSAGE UNDER THE ROCK]
- [CHAPTER XIX—THE SIGHT BEHIND THE ATTIC LIGHT]
- [CHAPTER XX—BLIND MAN’S BUFF IN FEARFUL EARNEST]
- [CHAPTER XXI—THE LAST DASH TO WIN]
- [CHAPTER XXII—JED RUNS A NAVAL BOMBARDMENT]
- [CHAPTER XXIII—SPYING ON THE FILIBUSTERS]
- [CHAPTER XXIV—CONCLUSION]
CHAPTER I—THE PAIR IN THE SEAT AHEAD
“Is the ‘Meteor’ a fast boat?”
“Very fast, indeed.”
“But can she beat anything along this coast? That’s what I want to know.”
“Judge for yourself. On her trial trip she made within a small fraction of twenty-eight miles an hour.”
“Whew! That’s tremendous speed, even for a fast and costly boat such as the rich build to-day. But how long has she been in the water?”
“Since last March.”