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CONTENTS

• I. SOME BAD NEWS . . . . . . . . . 1
• II. A DESPARATE RACE . . . . . . . 14
• III. NEWS FROM THE WEST . . . . . 26
• IV. MORE LETTERS . . . . . . . . . 37
• V. PROFESSOR URIAH SNODGRASS . . . 43
• VI. A STRANGE CONVERSATION . . . . 49
• VII. A BAD BREAK . . . . . . . . . 57
• VIII. HEMMED IN . . . . . . . . . 61
• IX. A LUCKY ESCAPE . . . . . . . . 67
• X. AT THE SEABURYS' . . . . . . . 75
• XI. AFTER HORNED TOADS . . . . . . 87
• XII. A STRANGE MEETING . . . . . . 95
• XIII. A QUEER STORY . . . . . . . 100
• XIV. IN A MOTOR BOAT . . . . . . . 109
• XV. CAUGHT IN THE FOG . . . . . . 117
• XVI. ON THE ROCKS . . . . . . . . 127
• XVII. NEWS OF THE BRIG . . . . . . 134
• XVIII. WHAT MR. BLOWITZ WANTED . . 143
• XIX. A CRY FOR HELP . . . . . . . 152
• XX. BLOWITZ IS ANGRY . . . . . . . 157
• XXI. THE MAN ON THE ROCKS . . . . 168
• XXII. DE VERE'S STORY . . . . . . 174

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• XXIII. OFF ON A CRUISE . . . . . . 186
• XXIV. HUNTING THE DERELICT . . . . 193
• XXV. IN A BAD STORM . . . . . . . 199
• XXVI. RIVAL SEARCHERS . . . . . . 206
• XXVII. THE DERELICT . . . . . . . 213
• XXVIII. A MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCE . . 219
• XXIX. A COMMAND TO LAY TO . . . . 228
• XXX. END OF BLOWITZ - CONCLUSION . 236