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The Sea-girt Fortress




BY PERCY F. WESTERMAN

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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

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