Dave Porter in the South Seas; or, The Strange Cruise of the Stormy Petrel Read online

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. THE BOYS OF OAK HALL 1

  II. A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST 10

  III. THREE CHUMS ON THE RIVER 19

  IV. A PLOT TO "SQUARE UP" 28

  V. WHAT THE PLOT LED TO 37

  VI. THE FUN OF A NIGHT 46

  VII. GUS PLUM'S MYSTERIOUS OFFER 55

  VIII. SHADOW HAMILTON'S CONFESSION 64

  IX. ABOUT ATHLETIC CONTESTS 72

  X. HOW A RACE WAS WON 81

  XI. A FIGHT AND ITS RESULT 90

  XII. SHADOW AS A SOMNAMBULIST 100

  XIII. A PHOTOGRAPH OF IMPORTANCE 110

  XIV. A GLEAM OF LIGHT 119

  XV. WINDING UP THE SCHOOL TERM 128

  XVI. PREPARING FOR A LONG TRIP 137

  XVII. THE TRIP TO THE FAR WEST 146

  XVIII. SAILING OF THE "STORMY PETREL" 155

  XIX. DAYS ON THE OCEAN 164

  XX. CAUGHT IN A STORM 174

  XXI. CAVASA ISLAND AT LAST 183

  XXII. ABOUT SOME MISSING MEN 192

  XXIII. IN WHICH THE SUPERCARGO IS CORNERED 201

  XXIV. THE CARGO MYSTERY EXPLAINED 210

  XXV. SWEPT ONWARD BY A TIDAL WAVE 219

  XXVI. EXPLORING A TROPICAL ISLAND 228

  XXVII. A MAP AND A PLOT 237

  XXVIII. MAROONED 245

  XXIX. THE COMING OF THE NATIVES 254

  XXX. THE RETAKING OF THE "STORMY PETREL" 262

  XXXI. LIFTING THE CURTAIN 270

  XXXII. HOMEWARD BOUND--CONCLUSION 278