Being the story told by Ralph Slade, Free Lance, to the officers of the United States Cruiser "Wolverine"

[I. THE BARBARY COAST]

[II. THE GRAVEN IMAGE]

[III. THE TWELVE REPEATING RIFLES]

[IV. THE STEEL CLAW]

[V. THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE]

[VI. THE ISLAND]

[VII. CAPTAIN SELOVER LOSES HIS NERVE]

[VIII. WRECKING OF THE "GOLDEN HORN"]

[IX. THE EMPTY BRANDY BOTTLE]