Chapter D: Appleton and Company

NEW YORK LONDON
1918

COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

TO THE FIGHTING YOUTH
OF AMERICA

THIS STORY OF A BRAVE AND DEVOTED
BOY IS CONFIDENTLY INSCRIBED

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
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The beast obeyed an impulse stronger than fear and
leaped _Frontispiece_

They closed in hand-to-hand combat 78

The contending creatures, fast in each other's grip,
rapidly drew nearer 138

With a wild cry Jackson jumped--too late! 270

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