CHAP. PAGE
I. SOLDIER BOY—PRIVATELY TO HIMSELF 1
II. LETTER FROM ROUEN—TO GENERAL ALISON 12
III. GENERAL ALISON TO HIS MOTHER 19
IV. CATHY TO HER AUNT MERCEDES 25
V. GENERAL ALISON TO MERCEDES 33
VI. SOLDIER BOY AND THE MEXICAN PLUG 56
VII. SOLDIER BOY AND SHEKELS 82
VIII. THE SCOUT-START. BB AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL 88
ALISON
IX. SOLDIER BOY AND SHEKELS AGAIN 90
X. GENERAL ALISON AND DORCAS 100
XI. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. ANTONIO AND THORNDIKE 116
XII. MONGREL AND THE OTHER HORSE 129
XIII. GENERAL ALISON TO HIS MOTHER 133
XIV. SOLDIER BOY—TO HIMSELF 145
XV. GENERAL ALISON TO MRS. DRAKE, THE COLONEL’S WIFE 149