Adrift on the Pacific - A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Adrift on the Pacific, by Edward S. Ellis This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Adrift on the Pacific Author: Edward S. Ellis Release Date: August 11, 2009 [EBook #29667] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ADRIFT ON THE PACIFIC *** Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Adrift on the Pacific A Boys Story of the Sea and its Perils By EDWARD S. ELLIS Author of “The Young Pioneers,” “Fighting to Win,” “Adrift in the Wilds,” “The Boy Patriot,” Etc. A. L. BURT COMPANY; PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Copyright, 1911 By A. L. BURT COMPANY Adrift on the Pacific Adrift on the Pacific CHAPTER I CAPTAIN STRATHMORE’S PASSENGER A few hours before the sailing of the steamer P o l y n e s i a, from San Francisco to Japan, and while Captain Strathmore stood on deck watching the bustle and hurry, he was approached by a nervous, well-dressed gentleman, who was leading a little girl by the hand. “I wish you to take a passenger to Tokio for me, Captain Strathmore,” said the stranger.