The Flying Bo'sun: A Mystery of the Sea
by Arthur Mason
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Chapters (63)
- THE FLYING BO'SUN
- A MYSTERY OF THE SEA
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE
- THE FLYING BO'SUN
- CHAPTER I
- Off for the South Seas, With Few Clothes but a Stout Heart
- CHAPTER II
- The Storm: Tattered and Torn But Still On the Ocean
- CHAPTER III
- Beecham's Pills Are Worth a Guinea Though They Cost but Eighteen Pence
- CHAPTER IV
- Omens and Superstitions of Old Charlie
- CHAPTER V
- The Shark—"To Hell With Shark and Ship"
- CHAPTER VI
- The Tin-Plate Fight—One-Eyed Riley Triumphs
- CHAPTER VII
- In Which the Captain Wounds His Hand
- CHAPTER VIII
- The Bo'sun Lights—The Captain's Death
- CHAPTER IX
- The Showdown—Swanson Takes the Count
- CHAPTER X
- Burial at Sea—At Which Riley Officiates
- CHAPTER XI
- Astral Influence—The Crew's Version of the Unknown
- CHAPTER XII
- The Cook's Watch—Materialism Versus Astralism
- CHAPTER XIII
- Higher Intelligence—A Visit From Out the Shadows
- CHAPTER XIV
- Christmas Day—Our Unwilling Guest the Dolphin
- CHAPTER XV
- Crimp and Sailor—The Cook's Marxian Effort
- CHAPTER XVI
- The Montana Cowboy—A Horse-Marine Adventure
- CHAPTER XVII
- The Fragrant Smell of the Alluring Palms
- CHAPTER XVIII
- Suva Harbor—The Reef and the Lighthouses
- CHAPTER XIX
- Introducing Captain Kane, Mrs. Fagan and Mrs. Fagan's Bar
- CHAPTER XX
- Reminiscences of Old Clipper Days
- CHAPTER XXI
- Unloading Cargo—Again the Master—Native Police
- CHAPTER XXII
- Shore Leave—The Web-Toed Sailor—The Missionary Ship
- CHAPTER XXIII
- Fiji Royalty—Local Color—Visitors to the Ship
- CHAPTER XXIV
- A Drive With Captain Kane—Razorback Rampant
- CHAPTER XXV
- Homeward Bound—The Stowaway
- CHAPTER XXVI
- The Mysterious Hindoo
- CHAPTER XXVII
- The Hurricane
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- The Master Returns
- CHAPTER XXIX
- The Home Port
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