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