1903 T. R.
CONTENTS
PART ONE
CHAPTER
I. [Captain Hemming Faces a Change of Life]
II. [Hemming Meets with a Strange Reception]
III. [Hemming Visits the Manager of the Syndicate]
IV. [The Advent of Mr. O'Rourke and His Servant]
V. [The Adventurers Dispense With Mr. Nunez]
VI. [Hemming Hears of the Villain]
VII. [An Elderly Champion]
VIII. [Hemming Undertakes a Dignified Work]
IX. [O'Rourke Tells a Sad Story]
X. [Lieutenant Ellis Is Concerned]
XI. [Hemming Draws His Back Pay]
PART TWO
I. [The Unsuspected City]
II. [The Sporting President]
III. [The Post of Honour.—The Secretary's Affair]
IV. [The Thing That Happened]
V. [Chance in Pernambuco]
VI. [Cuddlehead Decides on an Adventure]
VII. [Hemming Learns Something about His Army]
VIII. [Captain Santosa Visits His Superior Officer]
IX. [Mr. Cuddlehead Arrives]
X. [The First Shot]
XI. [The Colonel's Ultimatum]
XII. [O'Rourke to the Rescue]
XIII. [The Unexpected Sailor]
XIV. [The Attack]
XV. [Rest in Pernambuco]
PART THREE
I. [The Real Girl]
II. [A New Restlessness]
III. [A Rolling Stone]
IV. ["The Dear, Dear Witchery of Song"]
V. [An Uncanny Guest]
VI. [The Bachelor Uncle to the Rescue]
VII. [Hemming Receives His Sailing Orders from a Master Not to Be Denied]
VIII. [Hemming Would Put His Dreams To The Proof]
IX. [To Part No More]
X. [A New Command]
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