BY
CAPTAIN WILBUR LAWTON

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS


Copyright, 1911,
by
HURST & COMPANY


[CONTENTS]

CHAPTERPAGE
[I.]A RED-HOT STOVE AND DESTINY [5]
[II.]"WE'RE GOING TO JOIN THE NAVY" [17]
[III.]UNCLE SAM GETS TWO RAW RECRUITS [28]
[IV.]THE DREADNOUGHT BOYS HAVE AN ADVENTURE [42]
[V.]TWO LADS WITH THE "RIGHT RING" [51]
[VI.]A COWARD'S BLOW [62]
[VII.]"WE ARE PART OF THE FLEET" [70]
[VIII.]HERC TAKES A COLD BATH [83]
[IX.]A NAVAL INITIATION [98]
[X.]NED HOLDS HIS COUNSEL [106]
[XI.]BREAKING TWO ROOKIES [116]
[XII.]A BULLY GETS A LESSON [126]
[XIII.]HERC LEARNS WHAT "THE BRIG" IS [136]
[XIV.]A PLOT OVERHEARD [143]
[XV.]ORDERED AFT [154]
[XVI.]A BIT OF PROMOTION [163]
[XVII.]JIU-JITSU VS. MUSCLE [171]
[XVIII.]THE BOYS GET ACQUAINTED WITH BIG GUNS [183]
[XIX.]IN THE MIDST OF PEACE [192]
[XX.]HERC A LIVING TARGET [200]
[XXI.]AFLOAT AND ASHORE [212]
[XXII.]A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE [223]
[XXIII.]A JACKIE AGAINST WOLVES [231]
[XXIV.]IN THE PULSIFERS' HANDS [242]
[XXV.]THREE MINUTES OF LIFE [253]
[XXVI.]A BLUFF CALLED [264]
[XXVII.]A STRANGE RETURN [273]
[XXVIII.]A HIT WITH CHAOSITE [282]
[XXIX.]THE STUFF A JACKIE'S MADE OF [292]