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The Lost Heir By: George Alfred Henty (1832-1902) |
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BY G. A. HENTY AUTHOR OF "STURDY AND STRONG," "RUJUB, THE JUGGLER," "BY ENGLAND'S AID,"
ETC., ETC.
THE MERSHON COMPANY
RAHWAY, N. J.
NEW YORK
CONTENTS.
I. A BRAVE ACTION 1 II. IN THE SOUTH SEAS 14 III. A DEAF GIRL 27 IV. THE GYPSY 40 V. A GAMBLING DEN 52 VI. JOHN SIMCOE 65 VII. JOHN SIMCOE'S FRIEND 77 VIII. GENERAL MATHIESON'S SEIZURE 90 IX. A STRANGE ILLNESS 102 X. TWO HEAVY BLOWS 112 XI. A STARTLING WILL 124 XII. DR. LEEDS SPEAKS 137 XIII. NETTA VISITS STOWMARKET 150 XIV. AN ADVERTISEMENT 164 XV. VERY BAD NEWS 176 XVI. A FRESH CLEW 193 XVII. NETTA ACTS INDEPENDENTLY 206 XVIII. DOWN IN THE MARSHES 220 XIX. A PARTIAL SUCCESS 233 XX. A DINNER PARTY 247 XXI. A BOX AT THE OPERA 262 XXII. NEARING THE GOAL 274 XXIII. WALTER 287 XXIV. A NEW BARGE 301 XXV. A CRUSHING EXPOSURE 316 XXVI. A LETTER FROM ABROAD 329
[Illustration: SIMCOE RAN IN WITH HIS KNIFE AND ATTACKED THE TIGER.
Page 4. ] THE LOST HEIR.
CHAPTER I. A BRAVE ACTION.
A number of soldiers were standing in the road near the bungalow of
Brigadier General Mathieson, the officer in command of the force in the
cantonments of Benares and the surrounding district. "They are coming now, I think," one sergeant said to another. "It is a
bad business. They say the General is terribly hurt, and it was thought
better to bring him and the other fellow who was mixed up in it down in
doolies. I heard Captain Harvey say in the orderly room that they have
arranged relays of bearers every five miles all the way down. He is a
good fellow is the General, and we should all miss him. He is not one of
the sort who has everything comfortable himself and don't care a rap how
the soldiers get on: he sees to the comfort of everyone and spends his
money freely, too. He don't seem to care what he lays out in making the
quarters of the married men comfortable, and in getting any amount of
ice for the hospital, and extra punkawallahs in the barrack rooms during
the hot season. He goes out and sees to everything himself. Why, on the
march I have known him, when all the doolies were full, give up his own
horse to a man who had fallen out. He has had bad luck too; lost his
wife years ago by cholera, and he has got no one to care for but his
girl. She was only a few months old when her mother died. Of course she
was sent off to England, and has been there ever since. He must be a
rich man, besides his pay and allowances; but it aint every rich man who
spends his money as he does. There won't be a dry eye in the cantonment
if he goes under." "How was it the other man got hurt?" "Well, I hear that the tiger sprang on to the General's elephant and
seized him by the leg. They both went off together, and the brute
shifted its hold to the shoulder, and carried him into the jungle; then
the other fellow slipped off his elephant and ran after the tiger. He
got badly mauled too; but he killed the brute and saved the General's
life." "By Jove! that was a plucky thing. Who was he?" "Why, he was the chap who was walking backwards and forwards with the
General when the band was playing yesterday evening. Several of the men
remarked how like he was to you, Sanderson. I noticed it, too. There
certainly was a strong likeness." "Yes, some of the fellows were saying so," Sanderson replied. "He passed
close to me, and I saw that he was about my height and build, but of
course I did not notice the likeness; a man does not know his own face
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