CAPTAIN JINKS, HERO

"SAM WAS TAKEN STRADDLING A CHAIR" [Page 124]

BY

ERNEST CROSBY

Author of
"Plain Talk in Psalm and Parable"

Illustrations by

DAN BEARD

NEW YORK AND LONDON

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

1902

COPYRIGHT, 1902,

By FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

Registered at Stationers' Hall, London

Printed in the United States

Published February, 1902

TO

F. C.

CONTENTS AND CARTOONS

CHAPTERPAGE
[I.][A Bombshell,][1]
[II.][East Point,][14]
[III.][Love and Combat,][34]
[IV.][War and Business,][60]
[V.][Slowburgh,][89]
[VI.][Off for the Cubapines,][117]
[VII.][The Battle of San Diego,][151]
[VIII.][Among the Moritos,][185]
[IX.][On Duty at Havilla,][216]
[X.][A Great Military Exploit,][240]
[XI.][A Dinner Party at Gin-Sin,][250]
[XII.][The Great White Temple,][277]
[XIII.][The War-Lord,][310]
[XIV.][Home Again,][338]
[XV.][Politics,][365]
[XVI.][The End,][374]

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

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[Captain Jinks, Hero,][Frontispiece]
"Sam was taken straddling a chair."
[War's Demand,][6]
"But what did he want of soldiers?"
[The Manly Sport at East Point,][56]
"Starkey stood off and gave him his 'coup de grace.'"
[A Blood Brotherhood,][120]
"A big company to grab everything.... The
Benevolent Assimilation Company, Limited."
[Two of a Kind,][206]
"There are four marks."
[Consent of the Governed,][238]
"What business have these people to talk about
equal rights?"
[Winners of the Cross,][266]
"He got the Victorious Cross in South Africa."
[The Perfect Soldier,][324]
"The Emperor gave an exclamation of surprise
and delight."
[Harmless,][392]
"He sits like that for hours."

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