In this story the protagonist, Cat, dances at a ball, dresses as a boy, and meets an Indian tribe.

They soon get a letter that their friend Syd has not returned home, and worried, they decide to check the docks for any sign of him.

They are looking for a boat when they are savagely attacked by a press gang, who throw Frank, Pedro and Cat on board HMS Courageous and stab Mr Dixon in the stomach.

However, he is pushed into it by the Captain and Cat taunts him desperate to be hit, and Syd finally punches her after she remarks that he is a rubbish kisser and Billy is better.

The Indian chief banishes Maclean and Cat settles in with the ship, but deep down she wants to return home.

Enraged, Cat rides to Philadelphia, to a meeting discussing sending a search party out for her, There, she reveals Dixon's treacherous deceit and he is disowned by Frank.