The Flying Bo'sun

About this eBook

Author

Mason, Arthur, 1876-1955

Title

The Flying Bo'sun: A Mystery of the Sea

Credits

E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/americana)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

South Pacific Ocean -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40572

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40572

Release Date

August 24, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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

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