The Story of Paul Jones

This is in the long-ago, or, to be exact, in July, 1759. The new brig Friendship, not a fortnight off the stocks, is lying in her home harbor of Whitehaven, being fitted to her first suit of sails. Captain Bennison is restlessly about her decks, overseeing those sea-tailors, the sail-makers, as t...

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The Story of Paul Jones

CHAPTER I—HIS BAPTISM OF THE SEA
CHAPTER II—IN THE BLACK TRADE
CHAPTER III—THE YELLOW JACK
CHAPTER IV—THE KILLING OF MUNGO
CHAPTER V—THE SAILOR TURNS PLANTER
CHAPTER VI—THE FIRST BLOW IN VIRGINIA
CHAPTER VII—THE BLAST OF WAR
CHAPTER VIII—THE PLANTER TURNS LIEUTENANT
CHAPTER IX—THE CRUISE OF THE “PROVIDENCE”
CHAPTER X—THE COUNSEL OF CADWALADER
CHAPTER XI—THE GOOD SHIP RANGER
CHAPTER XII—HOW THE “RANGER” TOOK THE “DRAKE”
CHAPTER XIII—THE DUCHESS OF CHARTRES
CHAPTER XIV—THE SAILING OF THE “RICHARD”
CHAPTER XV—THE “RICHARD” AND THE “SERAPIS”
CHAPTER XVI—HOW THE BATTLE RAGED
CHAPTER XVII—THE SURRENDER OF THE “SERAPIS”
CHAPTER XVIII—DIPLOMACY AND THE DUTCH
CHAPTER XIX—NOW FOR THE TRAITOR LANDAIS
CHAPTER XX—AIMEE ADELE DE TELISON
CHAPTER XXI—ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
CHAPTER XXII—THE FêTE OF THE DUCHESS DE CHARTRES
CHAPTER XXIII—THE WEDDING WITHOUT BELLS
CHAPTER XXIV—THAT HONEYMOON SUB ROSA
CHAPTER XXV—CATHERINE OF RUSSIA
CHAPTER XXVI—AN ADMIRAL OF RUSSIA
CHAPTER XXVII—THE HOUSE IN THE RUE TOURNON
CHAPTER XXVIII—LOVE AND THOSE LAST DAYS

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