Produced by David Edwards, David T. Jones and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net TALES OF THE FISH PATROL BY JACK LONDON AUTHOR OF "THE SEA-WOLF," "PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS," "THE CALL OF THE WILD," ETC. _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE VARIAN_ New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1905 _All rights reserved_ Copyright, 1905, By PERRY MASON COMPANY. Copyright, 1905, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1905. Reprinted December, 1905. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. [Illustration: "I put my hand to my hip pocket."] WORKS OF JACK LONDON THE GAME THE SEA-WOLF THE CALL OF THE WILD THE CHILDREN OF THE FROST PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS THE FAITH OF MEN AND OTHER STORIES WAR OF THE CLASSES THE KEMPTON-WACE LETTERS TALES OF THE FISH PATROL PUBLISHED BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Contents PAGE I. White and Yellow 9 II. The King of the Greeks 39 III. A Raid on the Oyster Pirates 71 IV. The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen" 103 V. Charley's Coup 139 VI. Demetrios Contos 175 VII. Yellow Handkerchief 209 Illustrations "I put my hand to my hip pocket" _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Map 11 "He saw fit to laugh and sneer at us, before all the fishermen" 60 "The Centipede and the Porpoise doubled up on the cabin in paroxysms of laughter" 86 "I suddenly arose and threw the grappling iron" 116 "The consternation we spread among the fishermen was tremendous" 158 "There, in the stern, sat Demetrios Contos" 204 "I went aft and took charge of the prize" 218 TALES OF THE FISH PATROL I WHITE AND YELLOW [Illustration: Map]