Tales of Daring and Danger
Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902
English
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TALES OF DARING AND DANGER.
SIGHTING THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER.
TALES OF
DARING AND DANGER.
BY
G. A. HENTY,
Author of "Yarns on the Beach;" "Sturdy and Strong;" "Facing Death;"
"By Sheer Pluck;" "With Clive in India;" &c.
ILLUSTRATED.
LONDON:
BLACKIE & SON, 49 & 50 OLD BAILEY, E. C.
GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN.
1890.
CONTENTS.
BEARS AND DACOITS.
A TALE OF THE GHAUTS.
CHAPTER I.
merry party were sitting in the verandah of one of the largest andhandsomest bungalows of Poonah. It belonged to Colonel Hastings, colonelof a native regiment stationed there, and at present, in virtue ofseniority, commanding a brigade. Tiffin was on, and three or fourofficers and four ladies had taken their seats in the comfortable canelounging chairs which form the invariable furniture of the verandah of awell-ordered bungalow. Permission had been duly asked, and granted byMrs. Hastings, and the cheroots had just begun to draw, when MissHastings, a niece of the colonel, who had only arrived the previous weekfrom England, said,—
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