The Young Supercargo: A Story of the Merchant Marine

Name: The Young Supercargo: A Story of the Merchant Marine
Author: Drysdale, William

Drysdale, William

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THE YOUNG SUPERCARGO

BRAIN AND BRAWN SERIES.

  BY WILLIAM DRYSDALE.

  ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES COPELAND.

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      With five full-page Illustrations. Cloth. 12mo. $1.50.

*.* _Other volumes in preparation._

[Illustration: “‘WHY, THIS IS NO WHARF-RAT, OFFICER.’”]

THE YOUNG SUPERCARGO

  A Story of the Merchant Marine

  BY
  WILLIAM DRYSDALE

  _Author of “The Young Reporter,” “The Fast Mail,”
  “The Beach Patrol,” etc., etc._

  ILLUSTRATED BY
  CHARLES COPELAND

  [Illustration: Docendo discimus]

  BOSTON AND CHICAGO
  W. A. WILDE & COMPANY

  COPYRIGHT, 1898,
  BY W. A. WILDE & COMPANY.
  _All rights reserved._

  THE YOUNG SUPERCARGO.

CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER                                        PAGE

        I. KIT SILBURN’S START IN LIFE              9

       II. A VOYAGE TO YUCATAN                     26

      III. A NORTHER ON THE GULF                   44

       IV. KIT’S CONNECTICUT HOME                  61

        V. A BURGLAR IN THE CABIN                  78

       VI. THE STRANGE CASE OF JOHN DOE            97

      VII. KIT BECOMES A SUPERCARGO               109

     VIII. NEWS FROM THE WRECKED SCHOONER         129

       IX. KIT INSPECTS LONDON                    149

        X. A LETTER FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT     168

       XI. A VOYAGE TO MARSEILLES                 186

      XII. IMPRISONED IN THE CASTLE D’IF          203

     XIII. A VISIT TO NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA-GARDE      221

      XIV. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER FROM ROME      237

       XV. NEWS FROM NEW ZEALAND                  256

      XVI. KIT LEAVES THE “NORTH CAPE”            272

     XVII. OVERBOARD IN THE PITCH LAKE            287

    XVIII. A VOYAGE TO BERMUDA                    306

      XIX. KIT FINDS HIS FATHER                   324

       XX. LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM IN BARBADOES        340

ILLUSTRATIONS.

                                                                PAGE

  “‘Why, this is no wharf-rat, officer’”       _Frontispiece_     14

  “‘You are young for a supercargo, Señor’”                       48

  “‘Can you take me to No. 32 Fenchurch Street?’”                136

  “‘Here--is the hole he cut through into the priest’s cell’”    211

  “They had a beautiful view of the Mediterranean”               240

THE YOUNG SUPERCARGO.

CHAPTER I.

KIT SILBURN’S START IN LIFE.

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The Young Supercargo: A Story of the Merchant Marine

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