The Naval Cadet
A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea
BY
DR. GORDON STABLES
Author of "In the Great White Land" &c.
ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM RAINEY, R.I.
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
Printed in Great Britain by
Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow
CONTENTS.
Chap.
I. The Hermit of Kilmara
II. The Night came on before its Time
III. The Storm
IV. Story of the Skye Clearings
V. A Terrible Adventure
VI. In Search of Adventure
VII. Lost in a Highland Mist
VIII. Creggan and Oscar
IX. On Board the Gunboat Rattler
X. War Ahead!
XI. The City of Blood
XII. Capture of the City of Benin
XIII. In a Wild and Lovely Mountain-land
XIV. A Fearful Night
XV. Welcome Back to Skye
XVI. Life on the Good Ship Osprey
XVII. Mess-room Fun
XVIII. St. Elmo's Fire
XIX. The Burning Ship
XX. Gun-room Fun
XXI. Jacko Steals the Captain's Pudding
XXII. In the Wilds of Venezuela
XXIII. Dolce Far Niente
XXIV. On the Lonesome Llanos
XXV. Promotion
XXVI. Adventure in a Papuan Lake-Village
XXVII. A Terrible Tragedy
XXVIII. "The Battle rages Loud and Long"
XXIX. Like a Battle of Olden Times
XXX. Court-martialed
XXXI. Safely Home at Last
ILLUSTRATIONS
The Ju-Ju king sprang up ... Frontispiece [Missing from source book]
Creggan kept the boat head-on to each threatening wave
"Well, my lad, you're one of the 'Rattler's' middies,aren't you?"
Just in the nick of time, Creggan fires [Missing from source book]
"Antoine was in a state of mesmeric fa