The Third Officer: A Present-day Pirate Story
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This carefully crafted ebook: "THE THIRD OFFICER” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Excerpt:"Burgoyne, however, was one of the luckier ones. Forsaking the lure of gunnery, torpedo, and engineering, he was specializing in navigation and seamanship when the "cut" came. Without loss of time he had sat for and obtained first a Mate's and then a Master's Board of Trade Certificate, and with these qualifications, aided by a certain amount of influence, he obtained the post of Fourth Officer in the British Columbian and Chinese Shipping Company..."Percy F....
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- THE THIRD OFFICER
- THE
- THIRD OFFICER
- A Present-day Pirate Story
- PERCY F. WESTERMAN
- Illustrations
- THE THIRD OFFICER
- CHAPTER I
- The S.S. "Donibristle"
- CHAPTER II
- Hilda Vivian
- CHAPTER III
- "Heave-to or I'll Sink You"
- CHAPTER IV
- Under Fire
- CHAPTER V
- Captured
- CHAPTER VI
- Under Hatches
- CHAPTER VII
- Ramon Porfirio
- CHAPTER VIII
- The Compound
- CHAPTER IX
- The First Day on the Island
- CHAPTER X
- Investigations
- CHAPTER XI
- A Fight to a Finish
- CHAPTER XII
- Plans
- CHAPTER XIII
- "Getting on with It"
- CHAPTER XIV
- The Vigil on the Cliffs
- CHAPTER XV
- How Minalto Fared
- CHAPTER XVI
- Captain Consett's Report
- CHAPTER XVII
- The Scuttling of the "Donibristle"
- CHAPTER XVIII
- Successful so Far
- CHAPTER XIX
- A Dash for Freedom
- CHAPTER XX
- The Voyage
- CHAPTER XXI
- The Castaways
- CHAPTER XXII
- Making the Best of It
- CHAPTER XXIII
- Where the Pig Went
- CHAPTER XXIV
- The Cave proves Useful
- CHAPTER XXV
- The Tables Turned
- CHAPTER XXVI
- The Fate of Ah Ling
- CHAPTER XXVII
- Farewell to Swan Island
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- The "Titania"
- CHAPTER XXIX
- The Admiral's Promise
- CHAPTER XXX
- The End of the "Malfilio"
- CHAPTER XXXI
- The Capture of the Secret Base
- CHAPTER XXXII
- And Last
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