Halfhyde and the Admiral

When St. Vincent Halfhyde, captain of the steamer Taronga Park, is suddenly called to the Admiralty, he finds he has rather more to concern him than the cargo of textiles he was expecting to deliver to Valparaiso in Chile. The “request” is to take on board two “special” passengers: Mr. Mayhew of the Foreign Office and Detective Inspector Todhunter of the Metropolitan Police. Their secret mission is to rescue the bombastic Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy, Admiral Watkiss—late of the B...