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The Sea-girt Fortress
| By PERCY F. WESTERMAN |
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"No boy alive will be able to peruse Mr. Westerman's pages without a quickening of his pulses."—Outlook.
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| The Sea-girt Fortress: A Story of Heligoland. 3s. 6d. "Mr. Westerman has provided a story of breathless excitement, and boys of all ages will read it with avidity."—Athenaeum.
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| When East meets West: A Story of the Yellow Peril. 3s. 6d. "The book is an experience no boy should miss."—Outlook.
"A remarkable, ingenious story."—Academy. |
| Captured at Tripoli: A Tale of Adventure. 2s. 6d. "We cannot imagine a better gift-book than this to put into the hands of the youthful book-lover, either as a prize or present." —Schoolmaster.
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| A Lad of Grit: A Story of Restoration Times. 2s. 6d. "The tale is well written, and has a good deal of variety in the scenes and persons."—Globe.
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LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, Ltd., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.
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[Illustration: "HAND OVER HAND HE CLIMBED TILL HE REACHED A METALLIC BEAM" Frontispiece]
The
Sea-girt Fortress
A Story of Heligoland
BY
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
Author of "When East Meets West" "Captured at Tripoli"
"The Quest of the Golden Hope"
"A Lad of Grit" &c.
Illustrated by W. E. Wigfull
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
Contents
| CHAP. | |
| I. | Man Overboard |
| II. | Through the Fog |
| III. | A Loss and a Find |
| IV. | Arrested |
| V. | A Discovery |
| VI. | Von Wittelsbach's Plan |
| VII. | Official Hindrances |
| VIII. | Sentenced |
| IX. | On the Scent |
| X. | In the Prison Cell |
| XI. | A Night of Toil |
| XII. | Investigations |
| XIII. | An Experiment with a Zeppelin |
| XIV. | The Second Night of Liberty |
| XV. | Recaptured |
| XVI. | The News Leaks Out |
| XVII. | The Sandinsel Tunnel |
| XVIII. | The Errant Airship |