How Jack Mackenzie won his epaulettes
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Chapters (28)
- HOW JACK MACKENZIE WON HIS EPAULETTES
- CHAPTER I. WEE JOHNNIE GREYBREEKS.
- CHAPTER II LIFE IN SUMMER LOANING.
- CHAPTER III. MRS. MALONY'S WEDDING-RING.
- CHAPTER IV. "I'LL BE A SAILOR OR A SOLDIER."
- CHAPTER V. "HULLO, JOHNNIE GREYBREEKS! I'M YOUR UNCLE."
- CHAPTER VI. "THE OLD LADY HAD A WOMAN'S HEART AFTER ALL."
- CHAPTER VII. "HARD A-PORT!"
- CHAPTER VIII. JACK'S SEA-DADDY.
- CHAPTER IX. IN THE GOOD OLD "GURNET."
- CHAPTER X. PADDY'S ADVENTURE—FRED HARRIS PROVES HIMSELF A HERO.
- CHAPTER XI. A TRAGEDY—AULD REIKIE PURSUES SCIENCE UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
- CHAPTER XII. TOM FINCH AND THE SHARK—SHOOTING IN THE DISMAL SWAMP—DEATH AND PROMOTION.
- CHAPTER XIII. PADDY'S HYBRID—"A QUARE, QUARE BASTE, SORR"—TRICKY NIGGERS—BLACK MAN AS COOK—WAR DECLARED.
- CHAPTER I. "BLOW, GOOD WIND, AND WAFT US EAST."
- CHAPTER II. A GHASTLY ADVENTURE—THE EMBARKATION—A STORMY LANDING.
- CHAPTER III. A FIELD OF HEROES—"ON, LADS, ON!"—BRAVE CODRINGTON—PANIC AND TERROR.
- CHAPTER IV. THE KILTED WARRIORS OF THE NORTH—THE TERRIBLE STRUGGLE FOR KOURGANÉ HILL—THE IMPETUOUS 93RD—VICTORY!
- CHAPTER V. A WALK ACROSS THE BATTLE-FIELD—GHASTLY SIGHTS—BRAVE SURGEON THOMPSON OF THE 44TH—JACK'S STRANGE ADVENTURE.
- CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST GREAT BOMBARDMENT—SHIPS VERSUS FORTS—POOR BOY HARRIS—"TELL 'EM I DIED LIKE A THOUSAND O' BRICKS."
- CHAPTER VII. THE VICTORIOUS CHARGE OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE—THE SCOTCH WIFE AND THE TURKS—THE LIGHT BRIGADE, AND THEIR AWFUL CHARGE.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE TRUTH FROM A RUSSIAN—PARABLE OF THE STOAT AND THE WILD CAT—DAY-DAWN OF THE MEMORABLE FIFTH.
- CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN—THE SOLDIERS OWN.
- CHAPTER X. THE AWFUL GALE—IN CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL—LETTERS FROM HOME.
- CHAPTER XI. THE HORRORS OF SCUTARI.
- CHAPTER XII. PELISSIER TO THE FRONT—DEATH OF LORD RAGLAN.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE RUSSIAN BEAR AT BAY—THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGIC WAR.
- CHAPTER XIV. "REMEMBER, WE SHALL ALL MEET AGAIN SOME CHRISTMAS EVE ON HIGH."
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