Preface

THE CRUISE OF THE JASPER B.

BY

DON MARQUIS

TO ALL THE COPYREADERS ON ALL

THE NEWSPAPERS OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I

A BRIGHT BLADE LEAPS FROM A RUSTY SCABBARD

II

THE ROOM OF ILLUSION

III

A SCHOONER, A SKIPPER, AND A SKULL

IV

A BAD MAN TO CROSS

V

BEAUTY IN DISTRESS

VI

LADY AGATHA'S STORY

VII

FIRST BLOOD FOR CLEGGETT

VIII

A FLAME LEAPS OUT OF THE DARK

IX

MYSTERIES MULTIPLY

X

IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP

XI

REPARTEE AND PISTOLS

XII

THE SECOND OBLONG BOX

XIII

THE SOUL OF LOGAN BLACK

XIV

CLEGGETT STANDS BY HIS SHIP

XV

NIGHT, TEMPEST, LOVE AND BATTLE

XVI

ROMANCE REGNANT

XVII

MISS PRINGLE CALLS ON MR. CLEGGETT

XVIII

THE MAN IN THE BLUE PAJAMAS

XIX

TWO GREAT MEN MEET

XX

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DETECTIVE

XXI

THE THIRD OBLONG BOX ARRIVES

XXII

DANCING ON THE DECK

XXIII

CUTLASSES

XXIV

THE DUEL

XXV

THE SECRET OF THE VESSEL'S HOLD

XXVI

A DOG DIES GAME

XXVII

CLEGGETT ACCOMMODATES THE KING