CONTENTS
Illustrations
CHAPTER I Ted Disapproves
CHAPTER II An Exciting Day
CHAPTER III Ted does not think much of the Guides
CHAPTER IV The Fanatics
CHAPTER V The Cad of the Regiment
CHAPTER VI The Outbreak of the Mutiny
CHAPTER VII Weighed in the Balance
CHAPTER VIII The Fight in the Arsenal
CHAPTER IX Defence of the Commissioner's House
CHAPTER X Hope and Despair
CHAPTER XI In the Clutches of Pir Baksh
CHAPTER XII The Treachery of the Guides
CHAPTER XIII Tynan makes his Choice
CHAPTER XIV The March of the Guide Corps
CHAPTER XV Ted's First Battle
CHAPTER XVI The Post of Honour
CHAPTER XVII With the Gurkha Picket
CHAPTER XVIII Ted's Hopes are raised and dashed to the Ground
CHAPTER XIX Ted's Friends are Bewildered
CHAPTER XX An Adventure on the Ridge
CHAPTER XXI "Wombwell's Menagerie"
CHAPTER XXII Ted Distinguishes Himself
CHAPTER XXIII Ted Extinguishes Himself
CHAPTER XXIV Pir Baksh renders Tynan a Service
CHAPTER XXV To the Rescue
CHAPTER XXVI Lucknow Relieved
CHAPTER XXVII An Encounter with the Nana Sahib
CHAPTER XXVIII The Final Scene at Lucknow
CHAPTER XXIX Jim Disposed Of
THE DISPUTED V.C.
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BOYS
The Disputed V.C. Frederick P. Gibbon. The First Mate. Harry Collingwood. The Boy Castaways. H. Taprell Dorling. “Quills”. Walter C. Rhoades.
GIRLS
The Youngest Sister. Bessie Marchant. A Princess of Servia. Bessie Marchant. A True Cornish Maid. G. Norway. Meriel’s Career. Mary B. Whiting.
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