XXII [The Victoria Cross]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[They Were at Last Under the Overhang of the Mysterious Schooner]

[Out There Lay Adventure, Mystery—More Than Either Dreamed]

[Caradoc Stands the Acid Test]

[The Battle]

The Cruise of the Dry Dock

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CHAPTER I