CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Dick's Company Wins | [1] |
| II | Mr. Hamilton's Letter | [8] |
| III | Dick's Steam Yacht | [18] |
| IV | Uncle Ezra's Plot | [28] |
| V | Dick Is Shadowed | [45] |
| VI | Dick Enters the Trap | [56] |
| VII | The Escape | [65] |
| VIII | The Fight in the Dark | [74] |
| IX | Out to Sea | [78] |
| X | Uncle Ezra's Offer | [90] |
| XI | Plum Duff Falls Overboard | [97] |
| XII | Saved from the Sea | [105] |
| XIII | The Mermaid's Song | [112] |
| XIV | Just in Time | [119] |
| XV | Tim Muldoon Disappears | [127] |
| XVI | Uncle Ezra as a Sailor | [136] |
| XVII | Widdy Hears a Voice | [143] |
| XVIII | The Princess Passes | [149] |
| XIX | At Havana | [157] |
| XX | Off to Santiago | [163] |
| XXI | The Kidnappers | [171] |
| XXII | The Wrong Captive | [178] |
| XXIII | Dick on the Trail | [186] |
| XXIV | Off for Stone Island | [192] |
| XXV | Dick's Yacht Is Gone | [199] |
| XXVI | Marooned | [209] |
| XXVII | Dick Finds His Relatives | [216] |
| XXVIII | Building a Raft | [225] |
| XXIX | The Rescue | [234] |
| XXX | The Pursuit | [242] |
| XXXI | Man Overboard!—Conclusion | [249] |
DICK HAMILTON'S STEAM YACHT
CHAPTER I DICK'S COMPANY WINS
"Halt!"
The command rang out sharply, and hundreds of cadets came to a stop, standing as stiff as ramrods, with their eyes staring straight ahead at—absolutely nothing.
"Right dress!"
Captain Dick Hamilton stepped out the regulation number of paces in front of his company, wheeled on his heel, looked critically over his command, wheeled about again, and stood at attention. Then he awaited the approach of Colonel Masterly, superintendent of the Kentfield Military Academy.