Chapter I: Front Matter

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JONES OF THE 64TH

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BLACKIE & SON LIMITED
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JONES OF THE 64TH

A Tale of the Battles of Assaye and Laswaree

by

COLONEL F. S. BRERETON

Author of "Roger the Bold" "The Great Airship" "Colin the Scout" "A Knight of St. John" &c.

Illustrated by W. Rainey, R.I.

Blackie & Son Limited London and Glasgow

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By Colonel F. S. Brereton

On the Field of Waterloo.
The Great Airship.
With the Allies to the Rhine.
Under French's Command.
Colin the Scout.
With Allenby in Palestine.
A Hero of Panama.
Foes of the Red Cockade.
Under the Chinese Dragon.
A Sturdy Young Canadian.
How Canada was Won.
John Bargreave's Gold.
With Shield and Assegai.
With Rifle and Bayonet.
In the King's Service.
The Dragon of Pekin.
One of the Fighting Scouts.
A Knight of St. John.
Roger the Bold.
The Rough Riders of the Pampas.
Indian and Scout.
The Great Aeroplane.
Tom Stapleton.
A Boy of the Dominion.

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Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow

Contents

Chap. Page
I. MR. BENJAMIN HALBUT INTERFERES 1
II. A PROTÉGÉ 15
III. FACING A DIFFICULTY 30
IV. A HUNTING EXPEDITION 48
V. THE EAST INDIAMAN ATTACKED 66
VI. A TRAP FOR A TRAP 83
VII. TOUCH AND GO 99
VIII. THE CITY OF PALACES 116
IX. JOHN COMPANY 134
X. A MAHRATTA STRONGHOLD 153
XI. AN OLD MAN'S RUSE 171
XII. THE FIRST ASSAULT 190
XIII. SPECIAL SERVICE 209
XIV. A GLORIOUS VICTORY 228
XV. HOLKAR THE TREACHEROUS 244
XVI. A DANGEROUS FRENCHMAN 262
XVII. OWEN MAKES AN EFFORT 279
XVIII. COLONEL LE POURTON'S LEGACY 295
XIX. THE DECCAN INVINCIBLES 310
XX. AN END TO MYSTERY 328

Illustrations

Facing
Page
SUDDENLY THE MAHRATTA TWISTED IN HIS SADDLE,
AIMED AT HIS HEAD, AND FIRED _Frontispiece_

REACHING UP TO HIS FULL HEIGHT HE STRUCK THE
MAN ON THE BREAST 104

HE STRETCHED OUT A HUGE PAW AND DRAGGED
OWEN UP 200

COLONEL LE POURTON WAS STARING DOWN THE
MUZZLE OF THE WEAPON 296

PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF ASSAYE viii