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_Title:_ Captain Jim
_Date of first publication:_ 1919
_Author:_ Mary Grant Bruce (1878-1958)
_Date first posted:_ June 6, 2019
_Date last updated:_ June 6, 2019
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[Cover Illustration]

MARY GRANT BRUCE’S
=VERY POPULAR STORIES=
Published by
WARD, LOCK & CO., LTD.
Uniform with this volume.

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  A LITTLE BUSH MAID
  TIMOTHY IN BUSHLAND
  MATES AT BILLABONG
  FROM BILLABONG TO LONDON
  GLEN EYRE
  NORAH OF BILLABONG
  GRAY’S HOLLOW
  JIM AND WALLY
  ’POSSUM
  DICK
  CAPTAIN JIM
  DICK LESTER OF KURRAJONG

[Illustration: They strolled across the grass to the railings, and
looked up and down the tan ribbon of Rotten Row.]

_Captain Jim_] [_Chapter I_

=CAPTAIN JIM=

=By=
=MARY GRANT BRUCE=

=Author of “Mates at Billabong,” “Norah at=
=Billabong,” “Jim and Wally,” etc.=

=ILLUSTRATED BY=
=J. MACFARLANE=

=W A R D , L O C K & C O . , L I M I T E D=
=LONDON MELBOURNE AND TORONTO=
=1919=

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I JOHN O’NEILL’S LEGACY 7

II THE HOME FOR TIRED PEOPLE 21

III OF LONDON AND OTHER MATTERS 39

IV SETTLING IN 60

V HOW THE COOK-LADY FOUND HER LEVEL 74

VI KIDNAPPING 89

VII THE THATCHED COTTAGE 103

VIII ASSORTED GUESTS 113

IX HOMEWOOD GETS BUSY 138

X AUSTRALIA IN SURREY 151

XI CHEERO! 165

XII OF LABOUR AND PROMOTION 174

XIII THE END OF A PERFECT DAY 187

XIV CARRYING ON 203

XV PRISONERS AND CAPTIVES 216

XVI THROUGH THE DARKNESS 232

XVII LIGHTS OUT 252

XVIII THE WATCH ON THE RHINE 272

XIX REVEILLÉ 285

XX ALL CLEAR 299

CAPTAIN JIM