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The Sea-girt Fortress

By PERCY F. WESTERMAN
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[Illustration: "HAND OVER HAND HE CLIMBED TILL HE REACHED A METALLIC BEAM" Frontispiece]

The
Sea-girt Fortress

A Story of Heligoland

BY