With JOHN PAUL JONES

Contents

Illustrations

CHAPTER I HOW ETHAN CARLYLE BROUGHT THE NEWS OF BURGOYNE’S SURRENDER

CHAPTER II HOW A SPY LISTENED AT THE WINDOW

CHAPTER III HOW THE SHALLOP ATTACKED THE ISLAND QUEEN

CHAPTER IV SHOWS HOW THE RANGER SAILED FOR FRANCE

CHAPTER V HOW ETHAN CARLYLE FACED THE BULLY OF THE RANGER

CHAPTER VI WHAT HAPPENED BY NIGHT IN THE HARBOR OF NANTES

CHAPTER VII HOW LONGSWORD STRUCK HOME

CHAPTER VIII SHOWS HOW BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OPENED THE SECRET DISPATCH

CHAPTER IX HOW ETHAN AND LONGSWORD MET A MAN NAMED FOCHARD

CHAPTER X THE CRUISE OF THE RANGER

CHAPTER XI ON ST. MARY’S ISLE

CHAPTER XII IN WHICH DANVERS APPEARS ONCE MORE

CHAPTER XIII HOW THE SPY LOST HIS PRISONERS

CHAPTER XIV HOW ETHAN AND LONGSWORD TOOK THE SCHOONER

CHAPTER XV HOW THE SCHOONER CAME UPON THE DRAKE IN THE DARKNESS

CHAPTER XVI HOW THE RANGER FOUGHT THE DRAKE

CHAPTER XVII THE SECRET AGENT ONCE MORE

CHAPTER XVIII THE ROAD TO BREST

CHAPTER XIX HOW THE ERIN PUT TO SEA

CHAPTER XX SHOWS HOW A SOLDIER CAME OUT OF MILL PRISON

CHAPTER XXI THE EXPLOIT OF MASTER DIRK HATFIELD

CHAPTER XXII THE PRESS-GANG

CHAPTER XXIII HOW THE BON HOMME RICHARD MET THE SERAPIS

CHAPTER XXIV HOW THE SERAPIS STRUCK HER FLAG

CHAPTER XXV HOME AND LIBERTY