THE VOYAGE OF THE ARROW Works of T. Jenkins Hains The Windjammers $1.50 The Black Barque 1.50 The Voyage of the Arrow 1.50 L. C. PAGE & COMPANY New England Building BOSTON, MASS. [Illustration: “I DREW HER TO ME AND KISSED HER.” (_See page 236_)] THE VOYAGE of the _ARROW_ To the China Seas. Its Adventures and Perils, including Its Capture by _Sea Vultures_ from the Countess of Warwick, as set down by _William Gore_, Chief Mate. By T. Jenkins Hains Author of “The Black Barque,” “The Windjammers,” etc. _With Six Illustrations by_ H. C. Edwards [Illustration: colophon] _Boston_: L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (Incorporated) _Mdccccvi_ _Copyright, 1906_ BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) _All rights reserved_ First Impression, April, 1906 _COLONIAL PRESS Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U.S.A._ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE “I DREW HER TO ME AND KISSED HER” (_See page 236_) _Frontispiece_ “MISS WATERS STOOD IN THE DOOR OF THE AFTER COMPANIONWAY” 60 “I FOUND TIME TO DO SOME WORK UPON THE WHEEL GEAR” 141 “GAZING SILENTLY AFTER US, ADRIFT AND ALONE” 197 “‘WHEN I WANT YOU MEN TO COME AFT HERE TO HELP ME, I’LL SEND FOR YOU’” 217 “I FORCED HIM BACKWARDS TO THE POOP-RAIL” 253 THE VOYAGE OF THE ARROW CHAPTER I.