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| Chapter I—Green Hat, the Trouble-starter |
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Dave Darrin and Dan Dalzell, while ashore at Gibraltar, have an exciting experience with a spy and stir up a deep mystery.
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| Chapter II—Dan's Thirty-three-dollar Guess |
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Admiral Timworth solves the mystery for the ensigns and amazes them very much.
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| Chapter III—The Startler at Monte Carlo |
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Danny turns a trick on a brother officer. Ashore at Monte Carlo the young ensigns find the makings of future trouble.
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| Chapter IV—Mr. Green Hat's New Rôle |
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Dave loses a human trail and saves a human life. Then the plot begins to thicken.
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| Chapter V—Danny Grin Fights a Smile |
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Mr. Green Hat sets a trap at the gambling resort, into which Ensign Dalzell smilingly walks.
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| Chapter VI—Dave Runs into a Real Thrill |
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A desperate plot to involve his country heard by Dave Darrin, who acts swiftly on the information he has obtained. |
| Chapter VII—The Admiral Unloads His Mind |
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Called before the Admiral, the young officers make their report. The former sends a wireless to Washington, later summoning the ensigns to his quarters for secret orders.
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| Chapter VIII—On Lively Special Duty |
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A delicate international situation is explained to Dave and Danny, who are then ordered ashore at Naples on a special and perilous mission.
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| Chapter IX—M. Dalny Plans a Tragedy |
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Darrin meets one of the men he is looking for. As a result of that meeting he and Dan are sentenced to death.
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| Chapter X—Treachery has the Floor |
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Enticed away for a drive, the Naval officers find themselves in a disreputable section of Naples and on the threshold of a tragedy.
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| Chapter XI—Hemmed in by the Bravos |
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Dave and Dan are attacked by a mob of Sicilian bravos and fight a desperate battle to save their own lives.
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| Chapter XII—Evil Eyes on Sailorman Runkle |
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The young officers now discover the real reason for the attempt on their lives, but, though they do not know it, fresh perils await them.
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| Chapter XIII—Orders Change in a Minute |
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Able Seaman Runkle, bearing an important communication from Darrin to the Captain of the U. S. S. "Hudson," gets into serious difficulties. |
| Chapter XIV—Dan has very "Cold Feet" |
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Beset by spies, the two young officers set out on a long journey after an exciting start, later finding that they have been guilty of a grave oversight.
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| Chapter XV—At the American Embassy |
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