FOR THE FREEDOM
OF THE SEAS

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By Ralph Henry Barbour
D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, New York

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"Hands up!" [Page 43]

FOR THE FREEDOM
OF THE SEAS


BY
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF
"KEEPING HIS COURSE," "HITTING THE LINE",
"WINNING HIS GAME," ETC

ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES L. WRENN

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1918

Copyright, 1918, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

To

THOMAS LATIMER

of Groton, Connecticut
with the Author's
greetings

CONTENTS

  1. chapterpage
  2. I.
    The Way of the Hun
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    1
  3. II.
    With the Coast Patrol
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    14
  4. III.
    The Lonely Reef
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    26
  5. IV.
    A Battle Underground
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    38
  6. V.
    A Chance Encounter
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    50
  7. VI.
    On the Thames
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    65
  8. VII.
    The U. S. S. "Gyandotte"
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    78
  9. VIII.
    The Raider
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    87
  10. IX.
    Off for the Other Side
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    95
  11. X.
    Overboard!
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    106
  12. XI.
    Twenty Fathoms Down
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    118
  13. XII.
    In the Submarine "Q-4"
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    133
  14. XIII.
    "Surface!"
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    148
  15. XIV.
    In an Irish Mist
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    161
  16. XV.
    The Mysterious Signals
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    177
  17. XVI.
    Through the Night
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    193
  18. XVII.
    Boys in Khaki
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    203
  19. XVIII.
    Tip, or the "Sans Souci"
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    217
  20. XIX.
    Off Heligoland
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    235
  21. XX.
    The Battle in the North Sea
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    247
  22. XXI.
    Castaways
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    258
  23. XXII.
    Mart Turns up
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    272
  24. XXIII.
    The Captain Comes Round
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    284

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. FACING PAGE
  2. "Hands up!"
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    Frontispiece
  3. Oars dashed at the water and the boat headed away
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    12
  4. There was a crash as the shell sped from the gun
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    93
  5. The big funnel crashed down upon the boy
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    112

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