YOUNG CAPTAIN JACK

CONTENTS.


CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE ENCOUNTER ON THE BRIDGE, 1

II. DARCY GILBERT'S STORY, 9

III. A MYSTERY OF THE PAST, 16

IV. ON BOARD THE WRECK, 23

V. OLD BEN HAS A VISITOR, 30

VI. MRS. RUTHVEN'S STORY, 38

VII. A SETBACK FOR ST. JOHN, 47

VIII. THE HOME GUARDS OF OLDVILLE, 54

IX. DR. MACKEY INVESTIGATES, 63

X. THE PAPERS ON THE WRECK, 71

XI. MRS. RUTHVEN SPEAKS HER MIND, 78

XII. THE BOAT RACE ON THE BAY, 86

XIII. DR. MACKEY TELLS HIS STORY, 95

XIV. JACK SPEAKS HIS MIND, 105

XV. CAPTAIN JACK AT THE FRONT, 114

XVI. COLONEL STANTON'S VISIT, 125

XVII. A SCENE IN THE SUMMERHOUSE, 134

XVIII. MEETING OF THE COUSINS, 143

XIX. A SUMMONS FROM THE FRONT, 154

XX. THE STORM OF BATTLE AGAIN, 163

XXI. A LIVELY FIRE, 172

XXII. AFTER THE BATTLE, 180

XXIII. DR. MACKEY'S BOLD MOVE, 188

XXIV. THE HUNT FOR JACK, 197

XXV. A REMARKABLE REVELATION, 204

XXVI. DR. MACKEY SHOWS HIS HAND, 212

XXVII. COLONEL STANTON'S TALE, 220

XXVIII. IN THE HANDS OF THE GUERRILLAS, 228

XXIX. THE ESCAPE FROM THE CAVE, 235

XXX. BROUGHT TO BAY, 243

XXXI. FATHER AND SON--CONCLUSION, 252




YOUNG CAPTAIN JACK.



CHAPTER I.

THE ENCOUNTER ON THE BRIDGE.


"Get out of the way, boy, or I'll ride over you!"

"Wait a second, please, until I haul in this fish. He's such a beauty I
don't wish to lose him."

"Do you suppose I'm going to bother with your fish? Get out of the way,
I say!" And the man, who sat astride of a coal-black horse, shook his
hand threateningly. He was dressed in the uniform of a surgeon in the
Confederate Army, and his face was dark and crafty.

The boy, who was but fourteen and rather slenderly built, looked up in
surprise. He was seated on the side of a narrow bridge spanning a
mountain stream flowing into the ocean, and near him rested a basket
half-filled with fish. He had been on the point of hauling in another
fish--of extra size--but now his prize gave a sudden flip and
disappeared from view.