THE LIFE
OF
COLONEL JACK.
CHAP. I.
Introduction---I am deserted by my parents, almost as soon as born---Nicknamed by my nurse Colonel Jack---Characters of the three Jacks, Colonel Jack, Captain Jack, and Major Jack---Nurse dies, and we are turned loose upon the world---Captain Jack flogged for roguery---We pick pockets.
Seeing my life has been such a checquer work of nature, and that I am able now to look back upon it from a safer distance, than is ordinarily the fate of the clan to which I once belonged; I think my
