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George Randolph Chester. The Jingo
The Jingo
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE PRINCESS BEZZANNA GOES INTO THE STORM
CHAPTER II. BEZZANNA'S GIFT COMES OUT OF THE SEA
CHAPTER III. JIMMY SMITH EXPRESSES A FEW THOUGHTS ON AMERICA
CHAPTER IV. WHERE BEZZANNA ACQUIRED THE WORD "BLUSH"
CHAPTER V. JIMMY SMITH IS IMPLORED TO DON HIS NATIONAL COSTUME
CHAPTER VI. JIMMY SMITH PARADES HIS NEW PANTS
CHAPTER VII. PRINCE ONALYON POINTS OUT A SENSIBLE COURSE TO BEZZANNA
CHAPTER VIII. JIMMY SMITH DISCOVERS WHY HE CAN NEVER LOVE THE PRINCESS BEZZANNA
CHAPTER IX. THE KING SELLS STOCK IN A MIRACLE
CHAPTER X. JIMMY COMPLETELY FORGETS THE PRINCESS BEZZANNA
CHAPTER XI. THE PRINCESS BEZZANNA DECIDES TO GO HOME
CHAPTER XII. JIMMY SMITH SUGGESTS A NEW NAME FOR HIMSELF
CHAPTER XIII. ONALYON PAYS HIS STOCK SUBSCRIPTIONS
CHAPTER XIV. PRINCE ONALYON DISPLAYS AN AMAZING LACK OF TACT
CHAPTER XV. TEDOYAH FACES A GREAT EMERGENCY
CHAPTER XVI. ISOLA IS TAUGHT A SEVERE LESSON
CHAPTER XVII. OLD AMYAH ACHIEVES A GLORIOUS LIE
CHAPTER XVIII. JIMMY PREPARES BEZZANNA FOR THE FIELD OF BATTLE
CHAPTER XIX. CAPTAIN TEDOYAH BRINGS UP THE ARMY
CHAPTER XX. THE ERRORS OF WAR
CHAPTER XXI. DAMN
CHAPTER XXII. AN AMERICAN TRICK
CHAPTER XXIII. BEZZANNA LONGS TO ELEVATE THE STAGE
CHAPTER XXIV. BIRRQUAY! DEAD!
CHAPTER XXV. BEZZANNA SACRIFICES HERSELF FOR ISOLA
CHAPTER XXVI. BEZZANNA RUNS FROM A STARTLING SECRET
CHAPTER XXVII. WHO FOUND HER? WHY, JIMMY!
CHAPTER XXVIII. A CHAPTER OF NOTHING BUT SILLINESS
CHAPTER XXIX. BEZZANNA IS BETROTHED TO THE PRINCE
CHAPTER XXX. ONALYON SEES AN IMRESSIVE EXHIBITION
CHAPTER XXXI. LITTLE KEEZAP SNEEZES
CHAPTER XXXII. ONALYON DECIDES THAT HE WAS MISTAKEN
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE WORST HAPPENS. A GERMAN CALLS
CHAPTER XXXIV. JIMMY SAVES ISOLA, AND BEZZANNA PICKS OUT THE WEDDING MUSIC
THE END
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George Randolph Chester
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"I don't say that anybody could be nicer, or better, or more lovable," hastily defended Bezzanna, filled with remorse. "They're very probably hideous monsters and I should hate them; but I do know they must be very wise. They build big ships and sail the water in them. Sometimes I watch for hours, from the top of our tower, to see them go sailing by, away yonder on the edge of the ocean; and sometimes I fancy that if they could only pass through the many miles of reefs which shut off Isola from the rest of the world, wherever it is, they would bring me some great unknown happiness; so I call and call and call to those far-off ships; but, of course, they never hear me! Are these things all foolish dreams, brother? Say no!"
"Certainly not," accommodated the king, laughing; then, more seriously: "really, though, we can not know what vast progress may have been made in the world since the ignorant age when, many hundreds of years ago, the original founders of Isola were cast ashore here in a convulsion of the sea; and, bound in by the impassable reefs that sprang up on the one side, and by unscalable mountains on the other, were forced to stay."
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