CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Running Amuck]1
II.[An Unexpected Meeting]14
III.[A Startling Message]26
IV.[The Flaming Ship]38
V.[An Island Paradise]56
VI.[The “Gray Ghost”]70
VII.[A Swim for Life]79
VIII.[The Captured Shark]90
IX.[In the Heart of the Typhoon]99
X.[The Derelict]111
XI.[The Tiger at Bay]124
XII.[Among the Cannibals]141
XIII.[The Hunting Wolves]159
XIV.[The Land of Surprises]179
XV.[The Dragon’s Claws]195
XVI.[The Pirate Attack]211

BERT WILSON, WIRELESS OPERATOR

[CHAPTER I]

Running Amuck

“Amuck! Amuck! He’s running amuck! Quick! For your lives!”

The drowsy water front pulsed into sudden life. There was a sound of running feet, of hoarse yells, a shriek of pain and terror as a knife bit into flesh, and a lithe, brown figure leaped upon the steamer’s rail.