Short Stories (magazine)/Plundered Cargo
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PLUNDERED CARGO
Author of “Light Ridin' Durry,” “Rat-Tail Spills the Beans,” etc.
THE EVENING BEGAN FOR HEADLONG SPIKE HORN IN A SAN FRANCISCO FERRIS WHEEL, AND ENDED WITH HIS FINDING HIMSELF SHANGHAIED ABOARD THE “LONNEY LEE,” FORCED TO SHARE IN THAT CRAFT'S SOUTHWARD SEARCH FOR A TREASURE-LADEN HULK. SKIPPER STORRS RATED SPIKE AS DANGEROUS. IN THE LONELY WATERS OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA HE WELL PROVED HIS RIGHT TO THE RATING
- I. Introducing a Ferris Wheel 3
- II. Fate amid the Cabbages 5
- III. Shanghaied 7
- IV. Quarterdeck Law 9
- V. Dividends of Sin 11
- VI. The Matter of a Boiled Cigar 14
- VII. A Worm Plans to Turn 18
- VIII. Mutiny 21
- IX. Spike Horn Talks Business 23
- X. Where a Water Tram Led 25
- XI. Surprise at Sabina Island 28
- XII. Karelia Lofgreen 29
- XIII. “Man Is Like to Vanity” 31
- XIV. The Doctor Leads an Ace 33
- XV. A Good Will Embassy 37
- XVI. The “Sierra Park's” Cargo 40
- XVII. Decision 42
- XVIII. Angelo Renders a Recessional 43
- XIX. The Balance Shifts 45
- XX. Judah Storrs, Strategist 47
- XXI. As the Cards Fall 49
- XXII. Curtain 52
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