Chapter I: Front Matter

THE FIGHTING STARKLEYS

_STORIES BY_

_Captain
Theodore Goodridge Roberts_

_Comrades of the Trails_ _$1.50_
_The Red Feathers_ _1.65_
_Flying Plover_ _1.35_
_The Fighting Starkleys_ _1.65_

_THE PAGE COMPANY_
_53 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass._

_The_ FIGHTING
STARKLEYS

_Or, THE TEST OF COURAGE_

BY
CAPTAIN THEODORE GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Author of
"Comrades of the Trails," "Red Feathers," "Flying Plover," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
GEORGE VARIAN

BOSTON
THE PAGE COMPANY
MDCCCCXXII

_Copyright, 1920_,
BY PERRY MASON COMPANY

_Copyright, 1922_,
BY THE PAGE COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

Made in U.S.A.

First Impression, April, 1922

PRINTED BY C. H. SIMONDS COMPANY
BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE CALL COMES TO BEAVER DAM 1

II. JIM HAMMOND DOES NOT RETURN TO DUTY 29

III. THE VETERANS OF OTHER DAYS 56

IV. PRIVATE SILL ACTS 80

V. PETER'S ROOM IS AGAIN OCCUPIED 109

VI. DAVE HAMMER GETS HIS COMMISSION 131

VII. PETER WRITES A LETTER 155

VIII. THE 26TH "MOPS UP" 178

IX. FRANK SACOBIE OBJECTS 203

X. DICK OBLIGES HIS FRIEND 225

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"HE SAW HIS BOMB BURST BESIDE THE STUMP
OF CHIMNEY" (_See page 194_) _Frontispiece_

"'I CAN'T MAKE YOU OUT,' SAID THE SERGEANT" 23

"'I'M HIT, BOYS!' HE SAID" 50

"'HERE'S ONE OF THEM, SIR; AND THERE'S
MORE COMING,' SAID THE MAN OF MUD" 150

"STANDING IN THE DOORWAY OF THE COMPARTMENT,
DICK SALUTED" 240

=The Fighting Starkleys=