# Dave Porter in the South Seas

Second book in the Dave Porter series
Dave Porter Series
DAVE PORTER IN THE SOUTH SEAS
OR
THE STRANGE CRUISE OF THE STORMY PETREL
BY
EDWARD STRATEMEYER
Author of "Under Togo for Japan," "Under the Mikado's Flag," "At the Fall of Port Arthur," "Old Glory Series," "Pan-American Series," "Colonial Series," "American Boys' Biographical Series," etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY I. B. HAZELTON
BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Published, August, 1906
Copyright, 1906, by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company
All rights reserved
Dave Porter in the South Seas
Norwood Press Berwick and Smith Co. Norwood, Mass. U. S. A.
The canoe was sent closer and finally beached.—Page 258.
PREFACE
"Dave Porter in the South Seas" is a complete story in itself, but forms the second volume in a line issued under the general title of "Dave Porter Series."
In the first volume of this series, called "Dave Porter at Oak Hall," I introduced a typical American boy, and gave something of his haps and mishaps at an American boarding school of to-day. At this school Dave made a number of warm friends, and also a few enemies, and was the means of bringing one weak and misguided youth to a realization of his better self. Dave was poor and had to fight his way to the front, and this was not accomplished until he had shown those around him what a truly straightforward and manly fellow he was.
The one great cloud over Dave's life was the question of his parentage. He had been raised by those who knew practically nothing of his past, and when he thought that he saw a chance to learn something about himself, he embraced that opportunity eagerly, even though it necessitated a long trip to the South Seas and a search among strange ​islands and still stranger natives. Dave makes the trip in a vessel belonging to the father of one of his school chums, and is accompanied by several of his friends. Not a few perils are encountered, and what the boys do under such circumstances I leave for the pages that follow to tell.
In penning this tale, I have had a twofold object in view: first, to give my young readers a view of a long ocean trip and let them learn something of the numerous islands which dot the South Seas, and, in the second place, to aid in teaching that old truth—that what is worth having is worth working for.
Again I thank the many thousands of boys and girls, and older persons, too, who have shown their appreciation of my efforts to amuse and instruct them. I can only add, as I have done before, that I sincerely trust that this volume fulfills their every reasonable expectation.
Edward Stratemeyer.
April 10, 1906.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. | The Boys of Oak Hall | 1 |
| II. | A Glimpse of the Past | 10 |
| III. | Three Chums on the River | 19 |
| IV. | A Plot to "square Up" | 28 |
| V. | What the Plot Led To | 37 |
| VI. | The Fun of a Night | 46 |
| VII. | Gus Plum's Mysterious Offer | 55 |
| VIII. | Shadow Hamilton's Confession | 64 |
| IX. | About Athletic Contests | 72 |
| X. | How a Race Was Won | 81 |
| XI. | A Fight and Its Result | 90 |
| XII. | Shadow as a Somnambulist | 100 |
| XIII. | A Photograph of Importance | 110 |
| XIV. | A Gleam of Light | 119 |
| XV. | Winding Up the School Term | 128 |
| XVI. | Preparing for a Long Trip | 137 |
| XVII. | The Trip to the Far West | 146 |
| XVIII. | Sailing of the "Stormy Petrel" | 155 |
| XIX. | Days on the Ocean | 164 |
| XX. | Caught in a Storm | 174 |
| XXI. | Cavasa Island at Last | 183 |
| XXII. | About Some Missing Men | 192 |
| XXIII. | In Which the Supercargo is Cornered | 201 |
| XXIV. | The Cargo Mystery Explained | 210 |
| XXV. | Swept Onward by a Tidal Wave | 219 ​ |
| XXVI. | Exploring a Tropical Island | 228 |
| XXVII. | A Map and a Plot | 237 |
| XXVIII. | Marooned | 245 |
| XXIX. | The Coming of the Natives | 254 |
| XXX. | The Retaking of the "Stormy Petrel" | 262 |
| XXXI. | Lifting the Curtain | 280 |
| XXXII. | Homeward Bound—Conclusion | 278 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| The canoe was sent closer and finally beached (page 258) | Frontispiece |
| | PAGE |
| Dave cleared the last hurdle, and came in a winner | 87 |
| "Tell me his name, at once!" | 121 |
| "Good-by to Oak Hall!" | 137 |
| Another flash lit up the scene | 179 |
| The former supercargo was washed off the steps and came down flat on his back | 225 |
| Billy Dill managed to catch the last one and turn him over | 233 |
| "I have come about seven thousand miles to see you" | 274 |
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