Coward or Hero?

by Eugène Leclerc

UNAC THE INDIAN.

With Coloured Frontispiece and 23 Illustrations.

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CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER		PAGE
I	THE CAPTAIN’S INDIGNATION	[13]
II	MY NOSE	[16]
III	COLONEL BOISSOT’S SYSTEM	[18]
IV	GOOD RESOLUTIONS	[23]
V	I SEE A MONSTER	[25]
VI	FRIMOUSSE	[29]
VII	MONTÉZUMA AND CROQUEMITAINE	[32]
VIII	THE COLONEL’S HORSE	[36]
IX	CHILDREN SHOULD CONFIDE IN THEIR PARENTS	[39]
X	MONTÉZUMA’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS	[41]
XI	DARING EXPLOITS	[47]
XII	THE INTOLERANCE OF THE LITTLE BANTAM	[51]
XIII	HAVE I A VOCATION?	[53]
XIV	AN ANXIOUS QUESTION HAPPILY SETTLED	[56]
XV	A PROJECTED BATTLE	[59]
XVI	MY PROJECT IS DEFERRED	[62]
XVII	SCIENTIFIC REFLECTIONS ON MY NOSE MADE BY DR. LOMBALOT	[67]
XVIII	I DISCOVER THAT I DO NOT POSSESS THE BUMP OF COMBATIVENESS	[71]
XIX	THE BANTAM CEASES TO TROUBLE ME	[75]
XX	MISS PORQUET’S SCHOOL	[78]
XXI	A FRIEND.—PRISONER’S BASE	[85]
XXII	STUDIES.—SCHOOLBOY TALK	[88]
XXIII	A DREADFUL ADVENTURE	[91]
XXIV	DON’T LET MARC KNOW	[94]
XXV	“THE BOY WHO HAS BEEN SO ILL”	[99]
XXVI	MARC’S FRIENDSHIP FOR ME	[101]
XXVII	PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAYS	[105]
XXVIII	THE PROSPECT OF GOING TO COLLEGE	[108]
XXIX	AT BOIS-CLAIR	[110]
XXX	ULYSSES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE	[116]
XXXI	SAD NEWS FOR ME	[119]
XXXII	I GO TO COLLEGE.—A PUPIL CALLED BORNIQUET	[121]
XXXIII	MY NOSE STILL TROUBLES ME	[126]
XXXIV	“AZOR! AZOR!”	[128]
XXXV	THE THEORY OF SELF-DEFENCE	[134]
XXXVI	STILL A COWARD	[137]
XXXVII	INCONSISTENCY	[141]
XXXVIII	MY PARENTS’ DEVOTION TO ME	[143]
XXXXIX	A HUNTING COAT OF FORMER DAYS	[146]
XL	THE EFFECT OF THE NEW COAT ON MY CHARACTER	[149]
XLI	THE BEETLE	[155]
XLII	A FIGHT AT LAST	[160]
XLIII	MY FATHER IS SATISFIED	[163]
XLIV	EXTREMES ARE BAD	[166]
XLV	A LAST CHAPTER, WRITTEN BY ANOTHER HAND	[171]

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LIST OF PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

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