CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
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.