Jim Maitland

Sapper is pseudonym for Herman Cyril McNeile Immaculate, charming, fearless wanderer, Jim Maitland, has a peculiar code of morals and an unforgettable character. Our enthusiastic narrator, Leyton, meets the legendary Maitland on the Island of Tampico - a flawless jewel in a sapphire sea, with more vice than the slums of a city - and leaps at the chance to accompany this charismatic man on his spontaneous travels. Foreword The first time I heard Jim Maitland's name mentioned was in the bar of a P. and 0. We were two days out of Colombo, going East, and when I confessed my complete ignorance of the man a sort of stupefied silence settled on the company. " You don't know Jim ? " murmured an Assam tea-planter. " I thought everyone knew Jim." " Anyway, if you stay in these parts long you soon will," put in someone else. " And once known-never forgotten." They fell into reminiscences of old times, and I was well content to listen. Ever and anon Mainland's name was mentioned, and gradually my curiosity was aroused. And when one by one they went off to turn in, leaving me alone with the1 tea-planter, I asked him point-blank for further details. He smiled thoughtfully, and took a sip of his whisky and soda. " Ever been in a brawl, Ley ton, with ten men up against you, and only the couch keeping a fellow with a knife in the background from sticking it into your ribs ? Well, that's Jim T (#filepos6383) I. RAYMOND BLAIRDRUNKARD (#filepos47545) II. THE KILLING OF BARON STOCKMAR (#filepos83244) III. A GAME OF BLUFF (#filepos122936) IV. COLETTE (#filepos163021) V. THE FIGHT AT BULL MINE CREEK (#filepos199274) VI. PETE CORNISH'S REVENGE (#filepos235428) VII. THE MADMAN AT CORN REEF LIGHTHOUSE (#filepos271312) VIII. THE SEVEN MISSIONARIES (#filepos306446) IX. THE ROTTENNESS OF LADY HOUNSLOW (#filepos344221) X. THE POOL OF THE SACRED CROCODILE (#filepos401116) XI. AN EXPERIMENT IN ELECTRICITY (#filepos441897) XII. MOLLY'S AUNT AT ANGMERING