The Star of India

by Edward Sylvester Ellis

THE STAR OF INDIA

EDWARD S. ELLIS, A.M.

CHICAGO:
M. A. DONOHUE & CO.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1888.

By Edward S. Ellis, A.M.

TO MY CHILDREN
LILLIAN, WILMOT, MIRIAM AND HELEN,
Each a "Star of India" to me,
THIS BOOK IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED.

INDEX.

CHAPTER.

I. ["A Man May Smile and Smile, and be a Villain Still."]
II. [Luchman]
III. [Within Delhi]
IV. [On the Threshold]
V. [The Opening Tragedy]
VI. [An Incident by the Way]
VII. [The Pursuit]
VIII. [In the Garden]
IX. ["The Inglese Loge!"]
X. [Ali Khan]
XI. [The Cashmere Gate]
XII. [Proclamation of the Mogul Empire]
XIII. [A Model Commune]
XIV. [Toward Kurnal]
XV. [The Star of India]
XVI. ["No, Sahib, Not I."]
XVII. [The Burra Bagh]
XVIII. [George Harkins]
XIX. [Carried Northward]
XX. [A Failure]
XXI. [One Incident of Many]
XXII. [The Ghoojurs]
XXIII. [The Ruined Temple]
XXIV. [Wana Affghar of Puneput]
XXV. [Buktar Sing]
XXVI. [A Couple of Shots]
XXVII. [A Grim Sentinel]
XXVIII. ["I Did Not Say That, Sahib."]
XXIX. [An Intruder]
XXX. [The Last Resort]
XXXI. [The Pledge]
XXXII. [The Ransom]
XXXIII. [Asiatic Honor]
XXXIV. [Too Late]
XXXV. [Eureka]
XXXVI. [From Darkness to Dawn]
XXXVII. [From Dawn to Daylight]
XXXVIII. [Salaam]