Produced by deaurider, Barry Abrahamsen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) COWARD OR HERO? [Illustration: COWARD OR HERO?] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COWARD OR HERO? _TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH_ BY MRS. SALE BARKER [Illustration:Decoration] _WITH TWENTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS_ LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL NEW YORK: 9, LAFAYETTE PLACE 1884 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _UNIFORM IN SIZE AND PRICE WITH THIS VOLUME._ ------- ADVENTURES IN INDIA. By W. H. G. KINGSTON. With Coloured Frontispiece and 36 Illustrations. THE HOLIDAY ALBUM FOR BOYS. By HENRY FRITH. With 92 Illustrations. BEING A BOY. By CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER. HIS OWN MASTER. By J. T. TROWBRIDGE. FRIEND OR FOE. By the Rev. H. C. ADAMS. THE BOY CAVALIERS. By the Rev. H. C. ADAMS. UNAC THE INDIAN. With Coloured Frontispiece and 23 Illustrations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS. ------- CHAPTER PAGE I THE CAPTAIN’S INDIGNATION 13 II MY NOSE 16 III COLONEL BOISSOT’S SYSTEM 18 IV GOOD RESOLUTIONS 23 V I SEE A MONSTER 25 VI FRIMOUSSE 29 VII MONTÉZUMA AND CROQUEMITAINE 32 VIII THE COLONEL’S HORSE 36 IX CHILDREN SHOULD CONFIDE IN THEIR PARENTS 39 X MONTÉZUMA’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS 41 XI DARING EXPLOITS 47 XII THE INTOLERANCE OF THE LITTLE BANTAM 51 XIII HAVE I A VOCATION? 53 XIV AN ANXIOUS QUESTION HAPPILY SETTLED 56 XV A PROJECTED BATTLE 59 XVI MY PROJECT IS DEFERRED 62 XVII SCIENTIFIC REFLECTIONS ON MY NOSE MADE 67 BY DR. LOMBALOT XVIII I DISCOVER THAT I DO NOT POSSESS THE 71 BUMP OF COMBATIVENESS