Chapter I: Front Matter

THE YOUNG SUPERCARGO

BRAIN AND BRAWN SERIES.

BY WILLIAM DRYSDALE.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES COPELAND.

=THE YOUNG REPORTER. A Story of Printing House Square.= 300 pages.
With five full-page Illustrations. Cloth. 12mo. $1.50.

=THE FAST MAIL. The Story of a Train Boy.= 330 pages. With five
full-page Illustrations. Cloth. 12mo. $1.50.

=THE BEACH PATROL. A Story of the Life-Saving Service.= 318 pages.
With five full-page Illustrations. Cloth. 12mo. $1.50.

=THE YOUNG SUPERCARGO. A Story of the Merchant Marine.= 352 pages.
With five full-page Illustrations. Cloth. 12mo. $1.50.

*.* _Other volumes in preparation._

THE YOUNG SUPERCARGO

A Story of the Merchant Marine

BY
WILLIAM DRYSDALE

_Author of “The Young Reporter,” “The Fast Mail,”
“The Beach Patrol,” etc., etc._

ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES COPELAND

BOSTON AND CHICAGO
W. A. WILDE & COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1898,
BY W. A. WILDE & COMPANY.
_All rights reserved._

THE YOUNG SUPERCARGO.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. KIT SILBURN’S START IN LIFE 9

II. A VOYAGE TO YUCATAN 26

III. A NORTHER ON THE GULF 44

IV. KIT’S CONNECTICUT HOME 61

V. A BURGLAR IN THE CABIN 78

VI. THE STRANGE CASE OF JOHN DOE 97

VII. KIT BECOMES A SUPERCARGO 109

VIII. NEWS FROM THE WRECKED SCHOONER 129

IX. KIT INSPECTS LONDON 149

X. A LETTER FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT 168

XI. A VOYAGE TO MARSEILLES 186

XII. IMPRISONED IN THE CASTLE D’IF 203

XIII. A VISIT TO NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA-GARDE 221

XIV. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER FROM ROME 237

XV. NEWS FROM NEW ZEALAND 256

XVI. KIT LEAVES THE “NORTH CAPE” 272

XVII. OVERBOARD IN THE PITCH LAKE 287

XVIII. A VOYAGE TO BERMUDA 306

XIX. KIT FINDS HIS FATHER 324

XX. LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM IN BARBADOES 340

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

“‘Why, this is no wharf-rat, officer’” _Frontispiece_ 14

“‘You are young for a supercargo, Señor’” 48

“‘Can you take me to No. 32 Fenchurch Street?’” 136

“‘Here--is the hole he cut through into the priest’s cell’” 211

“They had a beautiful view of the Mediterranean” 240

THE YOUNG SUPERCARGO.