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                    THE OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS AND THE NAVAL CODE

                             BY CAPTAIN WILBUR LAWTON

AUTHOR OF "THE BOY AVIATORS' SERIES," "THE DREADNOUGHT BOYS' SERIES,"
"THE OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS ON THE ATLANTIC," "THE OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS AND
THE LOST LINER," "THE OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS OF THE ICE-BERG PATROL," ETC.

                     _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES L. WRENN_


NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1915,
BY HURST & COMPANY




[Illustration: "Huh, I don't think the idea's worth a cent," sniffed
Thurman.]




CONTENTS


        I. VACATION DAYS

       II. "SPEEDWAY" VS. "CURLEW"

      III. CAPTAIN SIMMS, OF THE "THESPIS"

       IV. ON SECRET SERVICE

        V. NIGHT SIGNALS

       VI. IN THE DARK

      VII. THE NAVAL CODE

     VIII. A MONKEY INTERLUDE

       IX. NODDY AND THE BEAR

        X. "WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?"

       XI. A SWIM WITH A MEMORY

      XII. A TALE FROM THE FROZEN LANDS

     XIII. A NIGHT ALARM

      XIV. JACK'S CURIOSITY AND ITS RESULTS

       XV. BILLY TAKES THE TRAIL

      XVI. A "GHOSTESS" ABROAD

     XVII. ONE MYSTERY SOLVED

    XVIII. BILL SNIGGERS DECIDES

      XIX. WHAT A "HAYSEED" DID

       XX. THE "CURLEW" IN TROUBLE

      XXI. THE END OF JACK'S HOLIDAY

     XXII. "THE GEM OF THE OCEAN"

    XXIII. JACK'S BIG SECRET

     XXIV. THE NAVY DEPARTMENT "SITS UP"

      XXV. A MYSTERY ON BOARD

     XXVI. A "FLASH" OF DISTRESS

    XXVII. A STRANGE WRECK

   XXVIII. CAST AWAY WITH A PYTHON

     XXIX. CAPTURED BY RADIO

      XXX. THURMAN PLOTS

     XXXI. THE "SUITABLE REWARD"

    XXXII. THE PLOTTER'S TRIUMPH

   XXXIII. IN THE POWER OF THE ENEMY

    XXXIV. THE SEARCH FOR JACK

     XXXV. THE WIRELESS MAKES GOOD




The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code.




CHAPTER I.

VACATION DAYS.


"Up with your helm there, Noddy! Luff her up or you'll have the _Curlew_
on the rocks!"

"That's right, luff!" cried Billy Raynor, adding his voice to Jack
Ready's command.

"That's what I _luff_ to do," grinned the red-headed, former Bowery
waif, Noddy Nipper, as, with a dexterous motion, he jerked over the
tiller of the fine, speedy sloop in which the boys were enjoying a sail
on Alexandria Bay, above the Thousand Islands.

The mainsail and jib shivered, and the _Curlew_ spun round like a top
just as it seemed inevitable that she must end her career on some jagged
rocks that had suddenly loomed up ahead.

"Neatly done, Noddy," applauded Jack. "We'll forgive you even that awful
pun for that skillful bit of boat-handling."

The freckled lad grinned in appreciation of the compliment paid him by
the Wireless Boy.

"Much obliged," he said. "Of course I haven't got sailing down as fine
as you yet. How far do you reckon we are from home?"

"From the Pine Island hotel, you mean?" rejoined Billy Raynor. "Oh, not
more than ten miles."

"Just about that," chimed in Jack. "If this wind holds we'll be home in
time for supper."

"Supper!" exclaimed Bill; "I could eat an octogenarian doughnut, I'm so
hungry."

A groan came from Noddy. Although the Bowery lad had polished up on his
grammar and vocabulary considerably since