| PAGE | |
| COWARD OR HERO? | [Frontispiece] |
| “IT WAS FRIMOUSSE, OUR GREAT CAT” | [27] |
| “HE MADE A SUDDEN SPRING, AND CAME WITH A BANG AGAINST THE BARS” | [45] |
| “THE DOCTOR STARED AT MY NOSE” | [63] |
| “A GREAT BOY OF ELEVEN, RATHER A STUPID FELLOW” | [79] |
| “I UTTERED A PIERCING CRY” | [95] |
| “I COULD NOT BEAR TO SEE A COW COMING UP TO ME” | [111] |
| “HULLO, LOOK AT AZOR!” | [131] |
| “WITH THAT COAT A NEW ERA IN MY LIFE BEGAN” | [151] |
COWARD OR HERO?
I.
THE CAPTAIN’S INDIGNATION.
“Now then! What is the matter?” asked my father in a sharp tone, impatiently throwing down the newspaper.
“Nothing, papa,” I answered, but in a trembling voice.
“Nothing, you say? Then why did you pull down the blind? Why did you hurry away from the window? And why, sir, has your nose turned white? What is there to be seen in the street to frighten you like that?”