At School with an Old

Dragoon.

BY

STEPHEN J. MAC KENNA,

AUTHOR OF “PLUCKY FELLOws."

ILLUSTRATED.

SECOND EDITION.

HENRY S. King & Co., 65, CORNHILL ; & 12, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON.

1874.

CONTENTS.

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GHUZNEE VILLA (INTRODUCTORY) . .

THE HUSSAR OF CANTERBURY :-

Chapter I. . . . . .

» II. . . . . . .

THE CAPTAIN'S ‘BAPTISM OF FIRE':- .

Chapter I. The Night Patrol . .

„ II. “Hurrah for the Front' .

„ III. “The Baptism of Fire' .

A BAPTISM OF FROST:-

Chapter I. A Surprise . . .

„ II. A Welcome Snowstorm .

, III. Between Fire and Water.

A LITTLE GAME :-:.

Chapter I. A Good Stroke of Business

, II. A Friend in Need-. .

• „ III. —But no Friend in Deed .

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“Who SHOT THE KAFFIRS?”—

Chapter I. A Luncheon and a Yarn . .

» II. A Disciple of Captain Bobadil'

. 243

. 256

TRUE TO HIS SALT :-

Chapter I. Sweet Anticipation

» II. Bitter Reality .

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. 273

. 286

Mother Moran's ENEMIES :-

Chapter I. A Lodging in the Cold, Cold Ground. 301

, II. The Blow-up! · · · · · 313

SOOKA THE SYcE; OR, SEA-HORSES IN REALITY :-

Chapter 1. The Mermaid's Cargo . .

, II. In the Doldrums'. . .

» III. A Mysterious Disappearance .

. 326

. 336

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JOHN CHINAMAN AND THE MIDDIES :-

Chapter I. Liberty Ashore . . .

» II. Under Weigh. . .

» III. The Last of the Carbuncles

IN A GOLDEN FORT :-

Chapter I. The Gun-room of the Conquest.

II. Plunder and its Results . .

. 390

. 403