_To Rebbie and Fanny Graham_ [Illustration: _JOHN PAUL JONES FLUSHED WITH PLEASURE_] [Illustration] _With_ JOHN PAUL JONES _by_ John T. M^cIntyre _Author of_ “Fighting King George” etc. Illustrated _by_ Clyde O. Deland THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA MCMVI [Illustration] COPYRIGHT 1906 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY Contents CHAP. PAGE I HOW ETHAN CARLYLE BROUGHT THE NEWS OF BURGOYNE’S SURRENDER 9 II HOW A SPY LISTENED AT THE WINDOW 21 III HOW THE SHALLOP ATTACKED THE ISLAND QUEEN 32 IV SHOWS HOW THE RANGER SAILED FOR FRANCE 46 V HOW ETHAN CARLYLE FACED THE BULLY OF THE RANGER 62 VI WHAT HAPPENED BY NIGHT IN THE HARBOR OF NANTES 73 VII HOW LONGSWORD STRUCK HOME 82 VIII SHOWS HOW BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OPENED THE SECRET DISPATCH 104 IX HOW ETHAN AND LONGSWORD MET A MAN NAMED FOCHARD 114 X THE CRUISE OF THE RANGER 130 XI ON ST. MARY’S ISLE 151 XII IN WHICH DANVERS APPEARS ONCE MORE 162 XIII HOW THE SPY LOST HIS PRISONERS 176 XIV HOW ETHAN AND LONGSWORD TOOK THE SCHOONER 192 XV HOW THE SCHOONER CAME UPON THE DRAKE IN THE DARKNESS 209 XVI HOW THE RANGER FOUGHT THE DRAKE 216 XVII THE SECRET AGENT ONCE MORE 230 XVIII THE ROAD TO BREST 251 XIX HOW THE ERIN PUT TO SEA 266 XX SHOWS HOW A SOLDIER CAME OUT OF MILL PRISON 279 XXI THE EXPLOIT OF MASTER DIRK HATFIELD 293 XXII THE PRESS-GANG 304 XXIII HOW THE BON HOMME RICHARD MET THE SERAPIS 319 XXIV HOW THE SERAPIS STRUCK HER FLAG 339 XXV HOME AND LIBERTY 354 Illustrations JOHN PAUL JONES FLUSHED WITH PLEASURE _Frontispiece_ PAGE “I’LL DO IT,” SAID ETHAN PROMPTLY 26 “KEEP THEM AT SWORD’S LENGTH,” SAID CAPTAIN JONES 99 DANVERS CAME DOWN INTO THE HOLD 171 ETHAN CARLYLE STOOD BEFORE THEM 204 AN ANGRY LOOK CAME INTO HATFIELD’S EYES 313 HE BEGAN TO THROW THE GRENADES 349 With John Paul Jones CHAPTER I