Young Captain Jack - The Son of a Soldier
Alger Horatio 1832-1899;Stratemeyer Edward 1862-1930
English
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YOUNG CAPTAIN JACK
Or
The Son of a Soldier
by
HORATIO ALGER, JR.
Author of "Out for Business," "Falling in with Fortune," "Adrift in New
York," "Tattered Tom," "Ragged Dick," Etc.
Completed by
ARTHUR M. WINFIELD
Author of "The Rover Boys Series," Etc.
[Illustration: "OUT OF MY WAY, BOY!" AND NOW THE GUERRILLA RAISED
HIS OWN SWORD.--_Frontispiece._]
New York
The Mershon Company
Publishers
Copyright, 1901,
by
The Mershon Company.
All rights reserved.
PREFACE.
"YOUNG CAPTAIN JACK" relates the adventures of a boy waif, who is cast
upon the Atlantic shore of one of our Southern States and taken into one
of the leading families of the locality. The youth grows up as a member
of the family, knowing little or nothing of his past. This is at the
time of the Civil War, when the locality is in constant agitation,
fearing that a battle will be fought in the immediate vicinity. During
this time there appears upon the scene a Confederate surgeon who, for
reasons of his own, claims Jack as his son. The youth has had trouble
with this man and despises him. He cannot make himself believe that the
surgeon is his parent and he refuses to leave his foster mother, who
thinks the world of him. Many complications arise, but in the end the
truth concerning the youth's identity is uncovered, and all ends happily
for the young son of a soldier.
In its original shape Mr. Alger intended this tale of a soldier's son
for a juvenile drama, and it is, therefore, full of dramatic situations.
But it was not used as a play, and when the gifted author of so many
boys' books had laid aside his pen forever the manuscript was placed in
the hands of the present writer, to be made over into such a book as
would evidently have met with the noted author's approval. The success
of other books by Mr. Alger, and finished by the present writer, has
been such that my one wish is that this story may meet with equal
commendation.
Arthur M. Winfield.
_February 16, 1901._
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
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