Chapter I: Front Matter

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Captain Jinks Hero

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

CHAPTER PAGE

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."_