Chapter I: Front Matter

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_CASTLEMON’S WAR SERIES._

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SAILOR JACK, THE TRADER

BY

HARRY CASTLEMON,

AUTHOR OF “GUNBOAT SERIES,” “ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES,”
“FOREST AND STREAM SERIES,” ETC., ETC.

_Four Illustrations by Geo. G. White._

PHILADELPHIA:
PORTER & COATES.

COPYRIGHT, 1893,

BY

PORTER & COATES

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. TOM RANDOLPH, CONSCRIPT, 1
II. LAMBERT’S SIGNAL-FIRE, 29
III. MR. RANDOLPH CARRIES TALES, 59
IV. THE PHANTOM BUSHWHACKERS, 86
V. THE COTTON THIEVES, 114
VI. THE MAN HE WANTED TO SEE, 141
VII. SAILOR JACK IN ACTION, 168
VIII. BAD NEWS FROM MARCY, 195
IX. RODNEY IS ASTONISHED, 222
X. MARK GOODWIN’S PLAN, 247
XI. BEN MAKES A FAILURE, 273
XII. SURPRISED AND CAPTURED, 302
XIII. IN WILLIAMSTON JAIL, 326
XIV. THE PRISON PEN, 350
XV. ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEAD LINE, 375
XVI. SAILOR JACK, THE TRADER, 403
XVII. CONCLUSION, 435

SAILOR JACK, THE TRADER.