Copyright, 1911,
BY
HURST & COMPANY


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.The Foreign Agent[5]
II.A Willing Tool[20]
III.At Sea on a Destroyer[31]
IV.Man Overboard![44]
V.The Dreadnought Boys’ Fortune[55]
VI.The Secret of the Derelict[68]
VII.An Insult to the Flag[84]
VIII.The Boys Make an Interesting Discovery[98]
IX.On Special Duty[110]
X.A Battle in the Dark[121]
XI.On Secret Service[133]
XII.Playing with Edged Tools[147]
XIII.Prisoners of War[161]
XIV.A Drum-head Court-martial[172]
XV.A Shell from the Sea[182]
XVI.The Bombardment[195]
XVII.Under the Gold-starred Flag[206]
XVIII.A Board of Strategy[220]
XIX.The Sea Fight off Santa Anna[232]
XX.Torpedoes[245]
XXI.Victor and Vanquished[257]
XXII.An Order to Halt[266]
XXIII.With the Costavezan Cavalry[276]
XXIV.Ned’s Heroic Deed[288]
XXV.Homeward Bound—Conclusion[304]

The Dreadnought Boys Aboard
a Destroyer

CHAPTER I.
THE FOREIGN AGENT.