CONTENTS

PART ONE

THE SEA RIDDLE

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Desert Seas 3

II. The "Laughing Lass" 11

III. The Death ship 19

IV. The Second Prize Crew 25

V. The Disappearance 32

VI. The Castaways 38

VII. The Free Lance 49

PART TWO

THE BRASS BOUND CHEST

Being the story told by Ralph Slade, Free Lance, to the officers of the United States Cruiser "Wolverine."

I. The Barbary Coast 57

II. The Graven Image 71

III. The Twelve Repeating Rifles 80

IV. The Steel Claw 89