Author of "Rivals of the Reef"
"The Sea-girt Fortress" &c. &c.

Illustrated by F. Gillett

BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
LONDON AND GLASGOW
1915

By Percy F. Westerman
The Red Pirate.
The Call of the Sea.
Standish of the Air Police.
Sleuths of the Air.
The Black Hawk.
Andy All-Alone.
The Westow Talisman.
The White Arab.
The Buccaneers of Boya.
Rounding up the Raider.
Captain Fosdyke's Gold.
In Defiance of the Ban.
The Senior Cadet.
The Amir's Ruby.
The Secret of the Plateau.
Leslie Dexter, Cadet.
All Hands to the Boats.
A Mystery of the Broads.
Rivals of the Reef.
A Shanghai Adventure.
The Junior Cadet.
Captain Starlight.
The Sea-Girt Fortress.
On the Wings of the Wind.
Captain Blundell's Treasure.
The Third Officer.
Unconquered Wings.
The Riddle of the Air.
Chums of the "Golden Vanity".
Clipped Wings.
Rocks Ahead!
King for a Month.
The Disappearing Dhow.
The Luck of the "Golden Dawn".
The Salving of the "Fusi Yama".
Winning his Wings.
A Lively Bit of the Front.
The Good Ship "Golden Effort".
East in the "Golden Gain".
The Quest of the "Golden Hope".
Sea Scouts Abroad.
Sea Scouts Up-Channel.
The Wireless Officer.
A Lad of Grit.
The Submarine Hunters.
Sea Scouts All.
The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge.
A Sub and a Submarine.
Under the White Ensign.
With Beatty off Jutland.
The Dispatch Riders.

Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow

Contents

CHAP.
I. [THE COMING STORM]
II. [A BREAK-DOWN]
III. [MAJOR RÉSIMONT]
IV. [ENLISTED]
V. [A BAPTISM OF FIRE]
VI. [A VAIN ASSAULT]
VII. [DISABLING A TAUBE]
VIII. [IN BRITISH UNIFORMS]
IX. [A MIDNIGHT RETIREMENT]
X. [THE UHLAN PATROL]
XI. [THE RAID ON TONGRES]
XII. [THE MAIL ESCORT]
XIII. [SEPARATED]
XIV. [A FRIEND IN NEED]
XV. [CAPTURED]
XVI. [ENTOMBED]
XVII. [THE WAY OUT]
XVIII. [THROUGH THE ENEMY'S LINES]
XIX. [ARRESTED AS SPIES]
XX. [STRANDED IN BRUSSELS]
XXI. [DENOUNCED]
XXII. [THE SACK OF LOUVAIN]
XXIII. [A BOLT FROM THE BLUE]
XXIV. [ACROSS THE FRONTIER]
XXV. [THELMA EVEREST]
XXVI. [SELF-ACCUSED]
XXVII. [WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE AT ANTWERP]
XXVIII. [WHEN THE CITY FELL]
XXIX. [ON THE NORTH SEA]
XXX. [THE VICTORIOUS WHITE ENSIGN]

Illustrations

[ "OF WHAT OFFENCE AM I ACCUSED, SIR?" . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ KENNETH HAD A MOMENTARY GLIMPSE OF THE UHLAN'S PANIC-STRICKEN FACE ... THEN CRASH! ]