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Dick Hamilton's Steam Yacht; Or, A Young Millionaire and the Kidnappers

Captain Dick Hamilton stepped out the regulation number of paces in front of his company, wheeled on his heel, looked critically over his command, wheeled about again, and stood at attention. Then he awaited the approach of Colonel Masterly, superintendent of the Kentfield Mil...

Chapters

31. CHAPTER XXXI

Of the eagerness with which he watched the chase, and noted the distance between the two vessels, Dick was hardly aware at the time. But he realized that he was under a great st...

4. CHAPTER IV

"This isn't to be altogether a pleasure trip, Dick," went on Mr. Hamilton, when he and his son were alone in the reception hall. "I suppose you got my letter, telling you about...

9. CHAPTER IX

The unequal fight continued, the unknown men seeking to overpower Dick, while he, on his part, made a desperate attempt to break the hold of the scoundrels who held him. He was...

5. CHAPTER V

"Now use your own judgment about getting your yacht," said the millionaire to his son, "but, of course, be guided by the lawyers. Buying a steam craft is rather a large operatio...

3. CHAPTER III

Entering the front hall of his home, some hours later, with Grit leaping joyfully about at his heels, Dick was greeted by Gibbs, the butler, with a warmth warranted by many year...

25. CHAPTER XXV

As may well be imagined, there was, at the start of this voyage, more excitement aboard the _Albatross_ than at any time since the eventful cruise had been begun, save, perhaps,...

2. CHAPTER II

Colonel Masterly's summons to the young millionaire was to give him the permission, asked for shortly after the parade, to have a spread in one of the unused rooms of the academ...

27. CHAPTER XXVII

It can not be said that the supper was a very elaborate one. They ate canned corned beef and crackers, and drank coffee from clam shells and empty tin cans, but Dick said it tas...

7. CHAPTER VII

Followed by Widdy, the wealthy lad groped his way along a rather dark passage. He expected every minute to be greeted by Mr. Blake, or to hear the lawyer's voice bidding him wel...

15. CHAPTER XV

"Well, Beeby, and how are you?" asked the young millionaire, when the late arrival had somewhat recovered his breath, and had slumped down in a steamer chair, with a sigh of rel...

28. CHAPTER XXVIII

Senor Raphael Valdez was not long in proving the identity of himself and his son. Several years back he had fallen in love with a Miss Rose Martin, who was Dick's mother's cousi...

6. CHAPTER VI

The young millionaire was hungry, after the three hours spent in the theatre, and, knowing of a restaurant famed for its late suppers, Dick determined to go there, partly to see...

11. CHAPTER XI

Remaining on deck until the yacht was well on her way down the Jersey coast, Dick and his chums at length decided that they would go below and arrange their belongings in their...

20. CHAPTER XX

"Ah, Senor Hamilton, I will be most happy to do all in my power for you," remarked Don Ferdinand Hondora, the Spanish lawyer, when he had read slowly through the letter of intro...

29. CHAPTER XXIX

With soft clams for bait, Paul Drew and Tim Muldoon made up the fishing party next day, while Dick, Henry and Widdy, aided by the two Cubans, put the finishing touches on the ra...

18. CHAPTER XVIII

His excitement increasing at every step, Dick hurried to where Widdy had said the mysterious sounds came from. As the young millionaire and the captain entered the compartment t...

14. CHAPTER XIV

Dick and Paul did not know whether to laugh at the old sailor, or follow him in his mad rush for the forecastle. This latter inclination was not because of any fear of the super...

16. CHAPTER XVI

Two days after the _Albatross_ left Savannah harbor, another small steam vessel made her way in. Had any one been interested in her identity he could have made out the name _Pri...

22. CHAPTER XXII

While the police and soldiers of Santiago were hurrying about like mad, trying to find some trace of the kidnappers who had acted so boldly, there might have been seen, driving...

30. CHAPTER XXX

No bad effects followed our friends' exposure on the raft, and starved bodies were soon well nourished by the good food supplied aboard the _Trascaron_, whose captain could not...

13. CHAPTER XIII

Forward shot the boat, impelled by the sturdy muscles of the sailors, Dick and Paul. In another minute the dory was lifted high on the crest of a wave, while the drifting craft...

26. CHAPTER XXVI

For a few moments after Dick had spoken his companions hardly realized the import of what he said. It came rather as a shock to them, following the disappearance of the launch a...

21. CHAPTER XXI

Dick and his chums spent the better part of a week making the voyage around to the chief city near the southeastern end of Cuba. The weather was fine, and there were many novel...

10. CHAPTER X

Simon Scardale and Guy Fletcher had heard something of Dick's Uncle Ezra. They knew of his dislike for spending money, and they were not a little surprised, therefore, when he l...

24. CHAPTER XXIV

Dick's chums, when they returned to the yacht, after waiting in vain for him at the plaza, where the band played, and where he had promised to meet them, were surprised to see h...

12. CHAPTER XII

"Well, I like your nerve!" spluttered the young millionaire, with a show of pretended anger. "Comparing my plum duff to a lot of old iron! It was Frank Bender's fault that it wa...

1. CHAPTER I

Captain Dick Hamilton stepped out the regulation number of paces in front of his company, wheeled on his heel, looked critically over his command, wheeled about again, and stood...

23. CHAPTER XXIII

The Santiago papers, the next day, contained a full account of the bold kidnapping, and, with fervid language, described how the scoundrels had spirited the Cuban youth away fro...

19. CHAPTER XIX

The machinery of the _Albatross_ was repaired by the next day, and then the welcome throb and tremor of the screw replaced the stillness and quietness of the sails. But the boys...

17. CHAPTER XVII

Innis Beeby's confident words, that Tim Muldoon would be found did not find echo in fulfilment. A systematic search of the whole interior of the yacht was made without success.

8. CHAPTER VIII

There were many busy days for Dick, following his purchase of the _Albatross_. He received word from Captain Barton that the coaling and provisioning of the craft were proceedin...