The Sick Captain of the Leopard 234
CHAPTER XXII.
The Proceedings on the Lower Deck 245
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Expedition from the Leopard 256
CHAPTER XXIV.
The Engineer goes into the Forecastle 267
CHAPTER XXV.
The First Lesson for a Sailor 278
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Post of Duty and of Danger 289
CHAPTER XXVII.
A Cannon-Ball through the Leopard 300
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The American Flag at the Fore 311
CHAPTER XXIX.
On Board of the Bellevite 322
CHAPTER XXX.
Running the Gantlet 333
TAKEN BY THE ENEMY
CHAPTER I
ASTOUNDING NEWS FROM THE SHORE
"This is most astounding news!" exclaimed Captain Horatio Passford.
It was on the deck of the magnificent steam-yacht Bellevite, of which he
was the owner; and with the newspaper, in which he had read only a few
of the many head-lines, still in his hand, he rushed furiously across
the deck, in a state of the most intense agitation.
It would take more than one figure to indicate the number of millions by
which his vast wealth was measured, in the estimation of those who knew
most about his affairs; and he was just returning from a winter cruise
in his yacht.
His wife and son were on board; but his daughter had spent the winter at
the South with her uncle, preferring this to a voyage at sea, being in
rather delicate health, and the doctors thought a quiet residence in a
genial climate was better for her.
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