No sooner had he been posted captain than he was ordered into action.

At that time there were signal and violent differences of opinion between England and other countries,--notably Spain and France.

Gibraltar was the subject of one of them, it may be recalled.
It was to Gibraltar that Captain Warren and his good ship _Grafton_ were ordered.

And when Sir.

Charles Wager seized that historic bone of contention, Peter was with the fleet that did the seizing.
From that moment he was in the thick of trouble wherever it was to be found, like the dear, daredevil young Irishman that he was! Just a moment let us pause to try to visualise this youthful adventurer of ours, with the courtly manners, the irrepressible boyish recklessness and the big heart.