Chapter I: Preface

These stories were not originally written with a view to their ultimate reappearance in book form, and most of them were written some while ago. “Tubby’s Dhow” was first published in Herbert Strang’s _Annual for Boys_; “The Stranding of the _Hoi-Hau_,” “The Salvage of the _Cashmere_” and “The Luck of the _Tavy_,” in the _Scout_; “The Gunner’s Luck,” in the _Weekly Telegraph_; “The Inner Patrol,” in the _Royal Magazine_; “Horatio Nelson Chivers” and “The Escape of the _Speedwell_,” in the _British Boys’ Annual_ (Messrs. Cassell & Co., Ltd.), and “The Gun-runners,” in the _St. George’s Magazine_. I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to the respective Editors who have so kindly allowed me to republish my work in book form.

It is needless to remark that all my characters are fictitious.

“TAFFRAIL.”

1917.

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