A Tale of Adventure
Percy F. Westerman
BY
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
Author of "The Quest of the Golden Hope"
"A Lad of Grit" &c.
ILLUSTRATED BY CHARLES M. SHELDON
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
Contents
CHAP.
I.
OFF TO THE SEAT OF WAR
II.
UNDER FIRE
III.
PRISONERS
IV.
THE SHEIKH'S SALT
V.
THE SANDSTORM
VI.
THE ESCAPE
VII.
THE FIGHT IN THE DESERT
VIII.
A DISCOVERY
IX.
THE MIRAGE
X.
CHALLENGED
XI.
THE MEDIAEVAL CITY
XII.
SIR JEHAN DE VALX
XIII.
THE MOSLEM HOST
XIV.
THE DASH FOR THE GUN
XV.
THE STRUGGLE AT THE BREACH
XVI.
SIR JEHAN'S SUCCESSOR
XVII.
THE FLIGHT FROM CROIXILIA
XVIII.
REEVES'S RUSE
XIX.
THE PERILS OF THE RIVER
XX.
RUNNING THE LAST GAUNTLET
Illustrations
"'WHY, IT'S THE RIVER!' EXCLAIMED GERALD"
Frontispiece
THE APPROACH OF THE MONOPLANE
THE CITY OF CHARLETON
THE SECOND GUN TEST
A GOOD SHOT
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