J. W. A.

SKIPPER OF MANY

CRAFT

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Introduces a Gasoline Launch, Four Boys and a Dog[1]
II.Starts the Vagabond on its Cruise[11]
III.Wherein Dan Practices Steering[21]
IV.Is Largely Concerned with Salt Water and Salt Fish[34]
V.Wherein Tom Buys Lobsters and Dan Disapproves[43]
VI.In Which They Follow a Race[57]
VII.In Which Nelson Discovers a Stowaway[69]
VIII.Tells How They Outwitted the Captain of the Henry Nellis[86]
IX.Proves that a Stern Chase is not Always a Long Chase[95]
X.Shows The Crew Of the Vagabond Under Fire[108]
XI.Records A Mysterious Disappearance[118]
XII.Wherein Nelson Solves the Mystery[130]
XIII.Wherein Dan Tells a Story and Tom is Incredulous[138]
XIV.In Which Tom Disappears from Sight[152]
XV.Tells of Adventures in the Fog[163]
XVI.Witnesses a Defeat for the Vagabond[172]
XVII.In Which Dan Plays a Joke[186]
XVIII.In Which Tom Puts Up at the Seamont Inn[200]
XIX.Narrates a Midnight Adventure[209]
XX.Wherein Tom Appears and the Launch Disappears[225]
XXI.Tells of the Search for the Vagabond[235]
XXII.Wherein the Vagabond is Recovered and the Thief is Captured[245]
XXIII.Tells How The Four Encountered Old Acquaintances[256]
XXIV.Wherein Spencer Floyd Leaves the Henry Nellis[265]
XXV.Wherein the Vagabond Starts for Home and the Story Ends[273]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“The Vagabond started after the other craft with a rush”[Frontispiece]
“Captain Sander ... raised his revolver and fired”[116]
“‘I would like to see the manager, if you please’”[208]
“At the top of the sandy road he turned and waved them farewell”[274]

FOUR AFLOAT