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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

  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