Errata Noted by Transcriber:

Invisible punctuation has been silently supplied, and superfluous
quotation marks removed. Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained.

The spelling "cockswain" is standard for this text. The variation
between "knots" and "knots an hour" is as in the original.

"_Demandez un garcon_" (ask for a waiter), "Christophe."
_cedilla missing in original_
and your wonderful skill as a detective
_text reads "wonderful-skill"_
he could not breathe as freely as usual
_text reads "breath"_
There was a port light to the room
_so in original: "porthole"?_
the commander of that steamer
_text reads "of of" at line break_
I heard the villanous ruffian swear that he would kill you
_spelling "villanous" as in original_
"Do you know of any steamers ..." asked Christy.
_entire paragraph as in original_
He knew that three of them had been secured
_text reads "know"_
All of them had removed
_text reads "of of"_

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