The Captain of the Kansas

Well, there's nothing like being on a ship nearly sunken by sabotage, and having it stranded in a bay with South American cannibals prowling around!

The brave young Captain Courtenay manages by dint of quick thinking and a girl's sincere prayers to help his ship drift past certain wreckage and into a harbor with a semblance of safety...and yet the natives are cannibals all too ready to attack the steamer and carry off its passengers to their dinner pots. Elsie finds herself becoming more and more drawn to this captain's bravery and pluck, even in the face of certain doom. Then there is the spunky dog Joey, who takes a hand in fights more than once to save his master's life at risk of his own.

Underneath it all is the mystery of who sabotaged the ship and why...

I must say, my favorite part was Elsie's adventure with Joey at the very end!