Chapter I: Front Matter

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_CAPTAIN CHAP_

_OR_

_The Rolling Stones_

_BY_
_FRANK R. STOCKTON_

_Author of “Rudder Grange,” “A Jolly Fellowship,” etc._

_ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES H. STEPHENS_

_PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1897_

Copyright, 1882, by JAMES ELVERSON.

Copyright, 1896, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA,
U. S. A.

_CONTENTS_

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--“THE BEST THING YOU EVER HEARD OF” 7

II.--A SEA VOYAGE 16

III.--“A CONTINENT BEFORE US” 27

IV.--WITH HOOK AND LINE 38

V.--CHAP’S ALLIGATOR 50

VI.--THE ROLLING STONE 65

VII.--THE TWO ORPHANS 73

VIII.--“CAPTAIN OF HIMSELF” 83

IX.--FRIENDS AND ENEMIES 92

X.--PHIL’S UNCLE AND CHAP’S SISTER 101

XI.--TWO EXPEDITIONS 111

XII.--CHAP LEADS THE INDIANS 119

XIII.--ADAM LEADS HIS PARTY 127

XIV.--CHAP’S AMBASSADOR 140

XV.--THE FORCES MEET 145

XVI.--MARY BROWN SENDS A MESSAGE 154

XVII.--THE CHANNEL-BASS 163

XVIII.--CHAP BOARDS THE MAGGIE 172

XIX.--WAITING FOR A VISITOR 182

XX.--THE VISITOR ARRIVES 190

XXI.--THE METROPOLIS OF THE INDIAN RIVER 197

XXII.--THE COLONEL 204

XXIII.--A NEW EXPEDITION PLANNED 211

XXIV.--COOT BREWER TAKES THE HELM 219

XXV.--AMONG THE ALLIGATORS 224

XXVI.--THE MAGGIE COMES TO TOWN 234

XXVII.--THE RACE THROUGH THE WOODS 243

XXVIII.--A PLOT AGAINST CHAP 251

XXIX.--HOW ADAM WAS BAGGED 259

XXX.--THE COUNTESS 267

XXXI.--A POINT OF HONOR 273

XXXII.--CHAP IS DOWN UPON ARISTOCRACY 282

XXXIII.--WHICH FINISHES THE STORY 289

_LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS_

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The panther was now within four or five
feet of the boat _Frontispiece._

The rescue 21

Adam tucking the other under his left arm 81

“Crouch down there, you varlets!” 177

“Don’t fire!” screamed Coot 226

“Now we’ll give it to him” 261

_CAPTAIN CHAP_