Chapter I: Front Matter

THE ADVENTURE CLUB WITH
THE FLEET

THE ADVENTURE CLUB
WITH THE FLEET

By

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
AUTHOR OF “LEFT END EDWARDS,” “LEFT TACKLE THAYER,”
“THE ADVENTURE CLUB AFLOAT,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
EDWARD C. CASWELL

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I STEVE BRINGS THE NEWS 1
II JOE CHANGES HIS MIND 14
III AT THE TRAINING STATION 26
IV LAND HO! 41
V OVER THERE 55
VI THE U.S.S. WARREN 65
VII SEA DUTY 76
VIII WITH THE “SUICIDE FLEET” 91
IX BACKS TO THE WALL 107
X THE ALLIES TRIUMPH 121
XI THE ARMADA 131
XII “ALLO, SAMMEE!” 141
XIII THE WARREN’S FIRST KILL 152
XIV LETTERS FROM HOME 163
XV OVERBOARD! 174
XVI THE FLOATING MINE 185
XVII ABOARD THE SUNDSVALL 195
XVIII THE SIGNAL FROM THE FO’CSLE 208
XIX H.M.S. LINNET 219
XX THE BATTLE IN THE FOG 231
XXI THE ZEPPELIN RAID 244
XXII OLD FRIENDS COME ABOARD 256
XXIII ON BOARD THE 3-U-9 268
XXIV THE WARREN DROPS ANCHOR 288

ILLUSTRATIONS

“WAR’S BEGUN!” HE ANNOUNCED BREATHLESSLY
(Page 1) _Frontispiece_

FACING
PAGE

STEVE DARTED FORWARD AND SWUNG HIS FIST 118

ON SUCH A NIGHT A DESTROYER IS LITTLE BETTER THAN
A SLENDER STEEL CYLINDER FILLED WITH CLUTCHING
MEN IN GREY CANVAS LIFE-PRESERVERS 180

AN OFFICER SPRANG TO THE DECK WITH A WHITE FLAG
AND HELD IT FLUTTERING FROM OUTSTRETCHED ARMS 293

THE ADVENTURE CLUB
WITH THE FLEET