# For the Freedom of the Seas

Mr. Barbour is equally at home, whether on the gridiron, the diamond, or "forty-fathoms" deep in submarine "Q-4" It was a foregone conclusion that he would grasp a current event and describe the adventures of a hero in patrol service, and would have his bravery roused through the ruthlessness of the German at sea. According to the demands of a certain type of boy fiction, it was to be guessed that his hero would be able to grasp intuitively the secret of good gunnery, and would win his laurels and outwit the Hun. All these characteristics mark the present story, and tho one could not claim any lasting quality for it, Mr. Barbour shows his usual ability—to put his readers in possession of the essential spirit, and to describe, with gusto, the noteworthy features of service at sea during the strenuous days of U-boat menace. The book has action in it from cover to cover. —The Literary Digest, December 1918.
FOR THE FREEDOM
OF THE SEAS
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PURPLE PENNANT SERIES
The Lucky Seventh
The Secret Play
The Purple Pennant
YARDLEY HALL SERIES
Forward Pass For Yardley
Double Play Around the End
Winning His Y Chance Signals
HILTON SERIES
The Half-back For the Honor of the School
Captain of the Crew
ERSKINE SERIES
Behind the Line Weatherby's Innings Captain of the Crew
THE "BIG FOUR" SERIES
Four in Camp Four Afoot
Four Afloat
THE GRAFTON SERIES
Rivals for the Team Winning His Game
Hitting the Line
BOOKS NOT IN SERIES
For the Freedom of the Seas
Keeping His Course Benton's Venture
The Brother of a Hero The Junior Trophy
Flunker's Field The New Boy at Hilltop
Danforth Plays the Game The Spirit of the School
The Arrival of Jimpson
"Hands up!" [Page 43]
FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
AUTHOR OF "KEEPING HIS COURSE," "HITTING THE LINE", "WINNING HIS GAME," ETC
ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES L. WRENN
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1918
Copyright, 1918, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
To
THOMAS LATIMER
of Groton, Connecticut
with the Author's
greetings
* chapterpage
* I.The Way of the Hun ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* II.With the Coast Patrol ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14
* III.The Lonely Reef ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26
* IV.A Battle Underground ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38
* V.A Chance Encounter ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................50
* VI.On the Thames ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
* VII.The U. S. S. "Gyandotte" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................78
* VIII.The Raider ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................87
* IX.Off for the Other Side ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................95
* X.Overboard! ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................106
* XI.Twenty Fathoms Down ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................118
* XII.In the Submarine "Q-4" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................133
* XIII."Surface!" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................148
* XIV.In an Irish Mist ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................161
* XV.The Mysterious Signals ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................177
* XVI.Through the Night ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................193
* XVII.Boys in Khaki ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................203
* XVIII.Tip, or the "Sans Souci" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................217
* XIX.Off Heligoland ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................235
* XX.The Battle in the North Sea ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................247
* XXI.Castaways ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................258
* XXII.Mart Turns up ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................272
* XXIII.The Captain Comes Round ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................284

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* "Hands up!" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Frontispiece
* Oars dashed at the water and the boat headed away ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
* There was a crash as the shell sped from the gun ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
* The big funnel crashed down upon the boy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................112
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