CHAPTER II

TWO FRIENDS

Frank Chadwick was an American lad, some 15 years old. In Europe
when the great European war broke out, he succeeded, with his
father, in getting over the border into Italy, finally reaching
Naples.

Here the lad lost his father, and while searching for him, had
gone to the aid of a man apparently near death at the hands of a
sailor. After thanking the lad for his timely aid, the man had
immediately shanghaied the lad, who, when he recovered
consciousness, found himself aboard a little schooner, sailing for
he knew not where.

There was a mutiny on the ship and the captain was killed. The
mutineers, putting in at a little African village for supplies,
attempted to fleece Jack Templeton, an English youth out of his
just dues. Jack, a strapping youngster, strong as an ox, though
no older than Frank, succeeded in getting aboard the mutineers
vessel, and by displaying wonderful strategy and fighting
prowess, overcame the mutineers.

The boys became great friends.

After capturing the schooner from the mutineers, a prisoner was
found on board, who proved to be a British secret service agent.
The boys released him, and then, with Lord Hastings, who had come