NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1902


Copyright, 1902
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Published September, 1902


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.—The project[1]
II.—The voyage of the Charming Peggy[10]
III.—Boarded[20]
IV.—In Holland and France[29]
V.—Commissioned[41]
VI.—The Surprise[47]
VII.—The Channel cruise[55]
VIII.—The Harwich packet[62]
IX.—The arrest[70]
X.—In Paris again[81]
XI.—The Revenge[87]
XII.—Sailing orders[94]
XIII.—In the Channel[108]
XIV.—On the Irish coast[116]
XV.—The capture[125]
XVI.—Imprisonment[133]
XVII.—Freedom[144]
XVIII.—Conclusion[154]