VII. THE MUTINEERS IN POSSESSION 56

VIII. TURNING THE TABLES 66

IX. CLOSE TO A WATERSPOUT 76

X. SOMETHING ABOUT WAR AND FIGHTING SHIPS 86

XI. AN ORDER TO LAY-TO 95

XII. TAKEN AS A PRIZE OF WAR 103

XIII. PRISONERS ON THE _Pocastra_ 113

XIV. PROGRESS OF THE WAR 122

XV. A SHARP NAVAL BATTLE 132

XVI. ABOARD A JAPANESE WARSHIP 140

XVII. THE RETAKING OF THE _Columbia_ 148

XVIII. A CLEVER RUSE 156

XIX. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ENEMY 164

XX. LARRY BEFORE ADMIRAL TOGO 171

XXI. LETTERS OF INTEREST 180

XXII. A MEETING AND A PLOT 189

XXIII. THE ATTACK IN THE DARK 198

XXIV. THE DEFENSE OF THE POWDER TRAIN 206

XXV. BOMBARDING A PORT ARTHUR FORT 215

XXVI. BEN MEETS CAPTAIN BARUSKY 223

XXVII. A FIERCE BATTLE AT SEA 232

XXVIII. THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR 240

XXIX. FROM ONE DIFFICULTY TO ANOTHER 248

XXX. A SURPRISE FOR LARRY 258

XXXI. A CALL TO REPEL BOARDERS 266

XXXII. FALL OF PORT ARTHUR--CONCLUSION 274

AT THE FALL OF PORT ARTHUR

AT THE FALL OF PORT
ARTHUR

CHAPTER I

LARRY AND HIS FRIENDS

"Unless I miss my guess, Luke, we are going to have a storm."

"Jest what I was thinking, Larry. And when it comes I allow as how it
will be putty heavy," replied Luke Striker, casting an eye to the
westward, where a small dark cloud was beginning to show above the
horizon.

"Well, we can't expect fine weather all the time," went on Larry
Russell, inspecting the cloud with equal interest. "We want some wind
anyway," he added. "We are not making this return trip to Nagasaki
nearly as fast as we made the trip to Manila."

Luke Striker, a bronzed and weather-beaten Yankee sailor, rubbed his
chin reflectively. "I was jest thinking o' the day I spied the old
_Columbia_ in Manila harbor," he said, meditatively. "Tell ye, Larry,
the sight 'most struck me dumb. 'The _Columbia_,' sez I to myself. An'
then I though