Illustrated by E. S. Hodgson

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
1918

Contents

CHAP.
I. [THE MYSTERIOUS MEETING ON ST. MENA'S ISLAND]
II. [THE TABLES TURNED]
III. [KIDNAPPED]
IV. [THE AWAKENING]
V. [ABOARD U75]
VI. [THE TRAMP]
VII. [ON THE BED OF THE SEA]
VIII. [BALKED BY A SEA-PLANE]
IX. [THE LANDING AT PORT TREHERNE]
X. [A TREACHEROUS PLOT]
XI. [PREPARATIONS]
XII. [THE WHITE FLAG—AND AFTERWARDS]
XIII. [THE ARM OF THE LAW]
XIV. [A FRUITLESS QUEST]
XV. [THE ADMIRAL WORKS THE ORACLE]
XVI. [H.M.S. "CAPELLA"]
XVII. [A DOUBLE BAG]
XVIII. [THE SMOKE-SIGNALS]
XIX. [THAT FRIDAY NIGHT]
XX. [TO THE RESCUE]
XXI. [ADRIFT IN THE CHANNEL]
XXII. [AN UNEXPECTED CAPTURE]
XXIII. [MINED]
XXIV. ["SHRAP"]
XXV. [OFF THE BELGIAN COAST]
XXVI. [DISABLED IN MID-AIR]
XXVII. [NOT ON PAROLE]
XXVIII. [ALMOST RECAPTURED]
XXIX. [BOUND FOR THE BALTIC]
XXX. [THE AFFAIR OFF KIEL]

Illustrations

[ "THE BLACK CROSS FLAG WAS HAULED DOWN AND
RE-HOISTED UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN" . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ THE INTERVIEW WITH THE GERMAN CAPTAIN (missing from book) ]

[ "'D'YE KEN YON?' ASKED THE BRITISH SKIPPER, AS HE
EYED THE PODGY GERMAN LEUTNANT WITH CONTEMPT" ]

[ "THE 'TREMENDOUS' WAS HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THE DOOMED SUBMARINE" ]

[ THE SINKING OF THE "ORONTABELLA" (missing from book) ]