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Lewis E. Theiss. The Wireless Operator—With the U. S. Coast Guard
The Wireless Operator—With the U. S. Coast Guard
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. HENRY SEEKS HIS FORTUNE
CHAPTER II. A FIGHT FOR LIFE
CHAPTER III. THE SEARCH FOR THE DERELICT
CHAPTER IV. THE WATCH IN THE DARK
CHAPTER V. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DERELICT
CHAPTER VI. A CALL FOR HELP
CHAPTER VII. A TRAMP OF THE SEAS
CHAPTER VIII. IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP
CHAPTER IX. THE CITY OF PAUL REVERE
CHAPTER X. A SHIP IN DISTRESS
CHAPTER XI. LOST IN THE SEA
CHAPTER XII. THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XIII. HENRY FINDS HE HAS AN ENEMY
CHAPTER XIV. A CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER XV. UNDER A CLOUD
CHAPTER XVI. THE MYSTERY GROWS DEEPER
CHAPTER XVII. A SHIP IN DISTRESS
CHAPTER XVIII. A CLUE TO THE CULPRIT
CHAPTER XIX. THE CULPRIT DISCOVERED
CHAPTER XX. HENRY’S EXONERATION
CHAPTER XXI. AMONG THE ICEBERGS
CHAPTER XXII. VICTORY
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Lewis E. Theiss
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Unconsciously Henry had approached the very edge of the pier. He hardly realized that only a foot or two of solid planking lay between him and the heaving waters. His thoughts were entirely centred upon the vanishing steamer. He wanted to watch her until he could see her no longer. Her course turned her slightly toward the shore, behind some pier-sheds and shipping farther down-stream. Henry craned his neck as far as he could, to watch the disappearing vessel. Then he took one step forward, and, as he did so, his toe caught under a spike which was sticking up an inch or so in the flooring of the pier. He lost his balance, and, before he could recover himself, pitched head foremost over the end of the pier. Then, with no one near to aid him, with not a soul to hear his startled cry for help, he sank far down into the cold and heaving waters.
“No, sir,” answered Henry. “I have no wish to be a detective, but I do want a job. You see, sir, I was graduated from high school only last June, and I want to get to work just as soon as I can. There do not seem to be many very good jobs open to a fellow in a little town like Central City.”
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