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Title: Captain Jim

Author: Mary Grant Bruce

Release Date: November 6, 2008 [EBook #27174]

Language: English

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Produced by Wendy Verbruggen

CAPTAIN JIM

By

MARY GRANT BRUCE

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED

LONDON AND MELBOURNE

1919

MADE IN ENGLAND

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

BY EBENEZER BAYLIS AND SON, LTD., THE

TRINITY PRESS, WORCESTER, AND LONDON

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I John O'Neill's Legacy
II The Home for Tired People
III Of London and Other Matters
IV Settling In
V How the Cook-Lady Found her Level
VI Kidnapping
VII The Thatched Cottage
VIII Assorted Guests
IX Homewood Gets Busy
X Australia in Surrey
XI Cheero!
XII Of Labour and Promotion
XIII The End of a Perfect Day
XIV Carrying On
XV Prisoners and Captives
XVI Through the Darkness
XVII Lights Out
XVIII The Watch on the Rhine
XIX Reveille
XX All Clear

CAPTAIN JIM

CHAPTER I

JOHN O'NEILL'S LEGACY

"Queer, isn't it?" Jim said.

"Rather!" said Wally.

They were sitting on little green chairs in Hyde Park. Not far off
swirled the traffic of Piccadilly; glancing across to Hyde Park
Corner, they could see the great red motor-'buses, meeting, halting,
and then rocking away in different directions, hooting as they fled.
The roar of London was in their ears.

It was a sunny morning in September. The Park was dotted in every
direction with shining perambulators, propelled by smart nurses in
uniform, and tenanted by proud little people, fair-haired and rosy,
and extremely cheerful. Wally liked the Park babies. He referred to
them collectively as "young dukes."

"They all look so jolly well tubbed, don't they?" he remarked,
straying from the subject in hand. "Might be soap advertisements.
Look, there's a jolly little duke in that gorgeous white pram, and a
bigger sized duke trotting alongside, with a Teddy-bear as big as
himself. Awful nice kids." He smiled at the babies in the w