Stories with a Vengeance — page 53: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page Analysis This is a text page from a naval adventure story titled "The Captain of the Fortune" by Percy B. St. John. It shows Chapter I, which introduces Captain Henry Arundel, a young naval officer being reassigned to command the H.M. Fortune. The text describes Arundel's background—his family connections, his naval service in the China seas fighting pirates, and his delicate health—and depicts a private dinner conversation between the Port Admiral and Captain Arundel, where the Admiral begins to share confidential information. The page contains no illustrations or advertisements, only printed narrative prose.