BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED

LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

1913

Printed in Great Britain by
Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow

BY LT.-COLONEL BRERETON

"F. S. Brereton is a famous hand with adventures of every sort."—Morning Post.

Colin the Scout: A Tale of Adventure Abroad.
On the Field of Waterloo.
With French at the Front: A Story of the Great European War down to the Battle of the Aisne.
With Joffre at Verdun: A Story of the Western Front.
Under Foch's Command: A Tale of the Americans in France.
With the Allies to the Rhine: A Story of the Finish of the War.
With Allenby in Palestine: A Story of the Latest Crusade.
Under French's Command: A Story of the Western Front from Neuve Chapelle to Loos.
The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure.
From the Nile to the Tigris: A Story of Campaigning from Western Egypt to Mesopotamia.
A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration.
Under the Chinese Dragon: A Tale of Mongolia.
A Sturdy Young Canadian: A Story of Modern Canada.
John Bargreave's Gold: A Tale of the Caribbean.
How Canada was Won: A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec.
Tom Stapleton, the Boy Scout.
Roger the Bold: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico.
Indian and Scout.
The Rough Riders of the Pampas.
In the King's Service: A Tale of Cromwell's Invasion of Ireland.
With Shield and Assegai: A Tale of the Zulu War.
With Rifle and Bayonet: A Tale of the Boer War.
The Dragon of Pekin: A Tale of the Boxer Revolt.
One of the Fighting Scouts: A Tale of Guerilla Warfare in South Africa.
A Knight of St. John: A Tale of the Siege of Malta.
The Great Aeroplane.

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Contents

CHAP.
I. [Finding a Profession]
II. [An Ocean Voyage]
III. [Volunteers called for]
IV. [Joe Gathers Credit]
V. [One of the Settlers]
VI. [A Canadian Bad Man]
VII. [Into the Backwoods]
VIII. [Hank makes his Appearance]
IX. [Lost in the Forest]
X. [A Hand-to-hand Encounter]
XI. [Investing Hard-Earned Dollars]
XII. [The Canadian Winter]
XIII. [A Co-operative Proposition]
XIV. [Moose Hunting]
XV. [Pursued by Unknown Enemies]
XVI. [Choosing a Fortress]
XVII. [Hurley's Conspiracy is Unfolded]
XVIII. [On the Defensive]
XIX. [Across the Snows for Safety]
XX. [Back to the Farm]