The present volume carries the midshipmen through further thrilling scenes that occurred in an island of the far-away South Seas. The portrayal of native life is faithful and many of the incidents are historic.

Contents

I. The Rival Chiefs[ 11]
II. Discord Among the Whites[ 23]
III. Plotting for Power[ 44]
IV. Captain “Bully” Scott and His Mate[ 58]
V. The “Talofa” in Ukula[ 81]
VI. The “Talofa’s” Cargo[ 103]
VII. The Kapuan Firm[ 112]
VIII. Avao, Tapau of Ukula[ 131]
IX. O’Neil’s Opinion[ 145]
X. Rumors of War[ 165]
XI. High Chief Kataafa[ 183]
XII. Smuggled Arms[ 202]
XIII. Ukula Attacked[ 221]
XIV. Count Rosen Takes Charge[ 240]
XV. The “De Facto” Government[ 259]
XVI. Carl Klinger[ 277]
XVII. Ben Stump Listens[ 293]
XVIII. A “Cutting Out” Expedition[ 310]
XIX. A Reënforcement[ 327]
XX. The Tables Turned[ 345]
XXI. A Reconnaissance[ 362]
XXII. War in Earnest[ 377]
XXIII. Conclusion[ 395]

Illustrations

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“Isn’t It Worth Coming For?”[ Frontispiece]
Three American Officers Were Standing in the Road[ 51]
“I Want About a Dozen Sailors”[ 128]
He Began at Once to Wave It[ 204]
“You Are Simply a Bully!”[ 281]
“Is It Quite Clear?” the Admiral Asked[ 329]
He Did Not Fire[ 385]

A United States Midshipman
in the South Seas

CHAPTER I
THE RIVAL CHIEFS

A man-of-war boat propelled by six sailormen and with the flag of the United States flying from its staff navigated the tortuous channel through the fringing coral reef and landed upon the sandy beach of the harbor of Ukula.

Three American naval officers from the cruiser “Sitka” stepped from the boat upon the shore.

In the great public square on Kulinuu Point at one end of the town many thousands of the natives of the Kapuan Islands had gathered. They had come from all the villages of the islands by special invitation from the Herzovinian consul for the purpose of giving welcome to their great war chief Kataafa, who had but just returned from five long years of exile in a foreign land.