BY

Captain Charles King, U.S.A.

AUTHOR OF THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER,"
GENERAL'S DOUBLE," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

J. BLADELPHIA

COMPANY

Copyright, 1897, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
Copyright, 1898, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

ILLUSTRATIONS

'Oh, porter, would you kindly get me some

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Miss Leroy took to sitting by Hunter's bedside 191 Hunter knelt, and sent shot after shot at every