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Percy Francis Westerman. Captain Cain
Captain Cain
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. CAPTAIN CAIN REAPPEARS
CHAPTER II. THE FUGITIVES
CHAPTER III. VANISHED PLUNDER
CHAPTER IV. CAIN AND THE SCHOONER
CHAPTER V. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
CHAPTER VI. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE
CHAPTER VII. THE PROBLEM
CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL POSEDA’S SCHEMES
CHAPTER IX. PENGELLY ESCAPES
CHAPTER X. A VENTURE FAILS
CHAPTER XI. DISILLUSIONED
CHAPTER XII. KAYBURN, THE AIRMAN
CHAPTER XIII. SHANGHAI-ING THE PRESIDENTE
CHAPTER XIV “JUDAS!”
CHAPTER XV. CAIN’S ULTIMATUM
CHAPTER XVI. IN THE HOUR OF HIS TRIUMPH
CHAPTER XVII. A BOLT FROM THE BLUE
CHAPTER XVIII. CAIN’S DECISION
CHAPTER XIX. THE JUTLAND’S MISSION
CHAPTER XX. THE PRESIDENTE RETIRES
CHAPTER XXI. TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXII. TEMPEST IN MID-AIR
CHAPTER XXIII. PORT BALLATOR’S S.O.S
CHAPTER XXIV. EXIT PENGELLY
CHAPTER XXV. VINDICATION
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Percy Francis Westerman
Published by Good Press, 2021
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On taking his bearings, Cain found that the party was screened from observation by the ridge of rocks which rose nearly twenty feet above the surface of the lagoon on one side and the muddy river on the other. Smartly he was divested of his diving-dress, and without waiting for the others climbed stiffly up the irregular wall of rock. Quick to take advantage of cover he made no attempt to stand, but, throwing himself flat upon the summit of the ridge, carefully parted the tall grass and reeds that obstructed his outlook.
What he saw did not surprise him, although it caused intense interest. The cruiser Canvey was under way, but instead of making seawards—which she would almost certainly do had her mission been accomplished—she was steaming slowly and almost bows on to the spot where the fugitives had taken refuge. At about a cable’s length from her bows (although from Captain Cain’s point of view it was difficult to estimate the distance correctly) floated a barrel on which was a staff with a square of bunting that hung listlessly in the motionless air. The pirate captain knew that the buoy marked the resting-place of the Alerte.
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