
The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Lost Liner
By John Henry GoldfrapLength5h
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Excerpt: "The West Indian liner, Tropic Queen, one of the great vessels owned by the big shipping combine at whose head was Jacob Jukes, the New York millionaire, was plunging southward through a rolling green sea about two hundred miles to the east of Hatteras. It was evening and the bugle had just sounded for dinner. The decks were, therefore, deserted; the long rows of lounging chairs were vacant, while the passengers, many of them tourists on pleasure bent, were below in the dining saloon appeasing the keen appetites engendered by the brisk wind that was blowing off shore. In a small steel structure perched high on the boat deck, between the two funnels of the Tropic Queen, sat a bright-faced lad reading intently a text-book on Wireless Telegraphy. Although not much more than a schoolboy, he was assistant wireless man of the Queen. His name was Sam Smalley, and he had obtained his position on the ship—the crack vessel of the West Indies and Panama line—through his chum, Jack Ready, head operator of the craft."
Audiobook details
GenreYoung Adult, General Fiction
Length5 hrs
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 9, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I AT SEA ONCE MORE
2CHAPTER II WIRELESS CONVERSATIONS
3CHAPTER III A STRANGE REQUEST
4CHAPTER IV A PECULIAR COINCIDENCE
5CHAPTER V THE INTERRUPTED MESSAGE
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6CHAPTER VI A DARING FEAT
7CHAPTER VII QUARTERMASTER SCHULTZ VOLUNTEERS
8CHAPTER VIII SAFE ONCE MORE
9CHAPTER IX THE MIDNIGHT INTRUDER
10CHAPTER X A MESSAGE IN SECRET CODE
11CHAPTER XI WHAT SAM HEARD
12CHAPTER XII A SUDDEN ALARM
13CHAPTER XIII A DOSE OF SLEEPING POWDER
14CHAPTER XIV THE WINKING EYE
15CHAPTER XV SECRET SIGNALS AT DAWN
16CHAPTER XVI S. O. S.
17CHAPTER XVII A DERELICT OF THE SKIES
18CHAPTER XVIII A LEAP FOR A LIFE
19CHAPTER XIX A CALL IN THE NIGHT
20CHAPTER XX TO THE RESCUE
21CHAPTER XXI A TALE OF THE SEA
22CHAPTER XXII A DECOY MESSAGE
23CHAPTER XXIII FALSE FRIENDSHIP
24CHAPTER XXIV KIDNAPPED
25CHAPTER XXV SAM, A TRUE FRIEND
26CHAPTER XXVI A WICKED PLAN
27CHAPTER XXVII IN THE LION’S MOUTH
28CHAPTER XXVIII A CLIMB FOR LIFE
29CHAPTER XXIX FREEDOM ONCE MORE
30CHAPTER XXX IN SEARCH FOR A CLEW
31CHAPTER XXXI LOOK FOR A WHITE HORSE
32CHAPTER XXXII A BOLD ROBBERY
33CHAPTER XXXIII JARROLD AGAIN
34CHAPTER XXXIV BAD NEWS FOR THE COLONEL
35CHAPTER XXXV JARROLD GETS FRANTIC
36CHAPTER XXXVI ADRIFT
37CHAPTER XXXVII THE IRONY OF FATE
38CHAPTER XXXVIII A BOLT FROM THE BLUE
39CHAPTER XXXIX JACK’S RADIO
40CHAPTER XL THE ANSWER TO THE WIRELESS CALL