CONTENTS

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[CHÂTEAU AND SHIP. By G. A. Henty]1
Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
[ADVENTURES OF A NIGHT. By John Bloundelle-Burton]54
Illustrated by Enoch Ward.
[AN OUTLAW'S FORTUNES. By W. C. Whistler]90
Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
["A FLIGHT FROM JUSTICE." By Lieut.-Col. Percy Groves]123
Illustrated by J. B. Greene.
[LONGITUDE TEN DEGREES. By Robert Leighton]160
Illustrated by W. S. Stacey.
[A SOLDIER'S VOW. By David Ker]193
Illustrated by J. A. Symington.
[IN LUCK'S WAY. By Fred. Whishaw]228
Illustrated by R. Wheelwright.
["SAMANA KAY." By Harry Collingwood]268
Illustrated by Lancelot Speed.
["HARI RāM," THE DACOIT. By E. F. Pollard]296
Illustrated by F. Feeler.
[A JUNGLE DRAMA. By George Manville Fenn]332
Illustrated by Lancelot Speed.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell"]Frontispiece
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["The two valets had at night carried off his body"]4
["Lower your flag or I will sink you"]10
["It is I, Peter Vignerolles"]14
["Running forward, stepped into the water"]29
["Open the cover a little way to look at the compass"]36
["At them, lads"]39
["We buried them at the spot that we agreed on"]48
["Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley"]61
["Kiss my hand—do something lover-like"]68
["I want your company"]74
["Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate
with Giles' foot upon his body"]		83
["This is the son of your king. I charge you with his care"]96
["Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder"]108
["I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger"]116
["I got a fair blow at him from aloft"]119
["Knocked him fairly off his legs"]131
["I shall try to stop them"]137
["Major Warrington?" he said]146
["You are our prisoner"]155
["The sight and sounds that met him were such as he had never
before encountered"]		167
["The woman shrank from him"]174
["The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell"]180
["You have come back to your senses, eh?"]189
["That hand no good—cut thumb off"]198
["Jist tie my 'ands agin, will yer, Tom?"]203
["The two men met like conflicting whirlwinds"]215
["Is it a h'angel?"]222
["Kittie, who played a much stronger game"]230
["You may have a visit from the blackguards before the night's out"]235
["The passing of a body of Mashona or Matabele warriors
on the warpath"]		245
["Bruce felt impelled to look upon Uncle Ben's body once
more before leaving it"]		255
["The lad picked up a stone to throw at the evil-looking creature"]265
["Suddenly there arose a wild yell aloft of 'Man overboard!'"]272
["Ned seemed to stumble or throw himself backwards over the
gunwale of the boat"]		285
["I met with nothing remarkable until I reached its farther extremity"]291
["You'll know me when you next see me"]305
["Good sport! good sport!"]310
["In a second he would have torn Lindsay to pieces"]315
["He shall not be hanged"]323
["Hari Rām, if you make one step forward, I will shoot you
like a dog"]		326
["They walked down to the bamboo landing-stage at the riverside"]335
["Of course: we must go on"]343
["The butt of his double gun crashed against the side of the
tyrant's head"]		361
["The girls dashed along the bank"]363
["Crack!"]365

[CHÂTEAU AND SHIP]

A TALE OF THE TERROR

By G. A. HENTY