Chapter I: Front Matter

CAPTAIN SHANNON

CAPTAIN SHANNON

BY
COULSON KERNAHAN

AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,”
“SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.

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NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1896

_Copyright, 1896_,
BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.

University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I WHO IS “CAPTAIN SHANNON”? 1

II CAPTAIN SHANNON’S MANIFESTO 9

III THE “DAILY RECORD” TO THE RESCUE 20

IV THE MURDER IN FLEET STREET 25

V THE IDENTITY OF CAPTAIN SHANNON DISCLOSED AT LAST 34

VI I MAKE UP MY MIND TO FIND CAPTAIN SHANNON 44

VII MY FIRST MEETING WITH JAMES MULLEN 52

VIII THE DYNAMITE HULK 66

IX I TAKE UP MY QUARTERS AT CANVEY 74

X I BOARD THE “CUBAN QUEEN” 81

XI PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS 94

XII HOW CAPTAIN SHANNON’S AUTOGRAPH CAME INTO MY POSSESSION 101

XIII I POSSESS MYSELF OF THE SECRET OF JAMES BAKEWELL GREEN 113

XIV ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS WHICH COST MY INQUIRY AGENT HIS LIFE 120

XV A DOCUMENT OF IMPORTANCE 127

XVI HENRY JEANES, ALIAS JAMES MULLEN 136

XVII ON THE HEELS OF JAMES MULLEN 142

XVIII I BECOME A HAIRDRESSER’S ASSISTANT 160

XIX “ARE THERE ANY LETTERS FOR HENRY JEANES, PLEASE?” 166

XX HOW JAMES MULLEN AND MYSELF ALMOST MET 171

XXI HOW I STRUCK JAMES MULLEN’S TRACK 180

XXII THE ARTFULNESS OF JAMES MULLEN 193

XXIII HOW I GOT WEDGED IN A WINDOW, AND LEFT BEHIND 200

XXIV A PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH! 213

XXV JAMES MULLEN AND I MEET AT LAST 219

XXVI AFTER THE EXPLOSION 226

XXVII I PLAY A GAME OF “BLUFF” WITH HUGHES 241

XXVIII I BOARD THE “CUBAN QUEEN” FOR THE SECOND TIME 254

XXIX I TRY A FALL WITH JAMES MULLEN 259

XXX MORE DEVILRY 274

XXXI THE ARREST OF CAPTAIN SHANNON 281

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