Chapter I: Front Matter

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| CAPT. CHARLES KING’S |
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| Popular Military Novels. |
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| THE COLONEL’S CHRISTMAS DINNER, |
| and Other Stories. 12mo. Extra cloth. $1.25. |
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| CAPTAIN BLAKE. |
| Illustrated. 12mo. Extra cloth. $1.25. |
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| THE COLONEL’S DAUGHTER. |
| Illustrated. 12mo. Extra cloth. $1.25. |
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| MARION’S FAITH. |
| Illustrated. 12mo. Extra cloth. $1.25. |
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| STARLIGHT RANCH, and Other Stories. |
| 12mo. Cloth. $1.00. |
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| KITTY’S CONQUEST. |
| 12mo. Extra cloth. $1.00. |
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| LARAMIE; or, The Queen of Bedlam. |
| 12mo. Cloth. $1.00. |
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| THE DESERTER, and FROM THE RANKS. |
| 12mo. Extra cloth. $1.00. |
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| TWO SOLDIERS, and DUNRAVEN RANCH. |
| 12mo. Extra cloth. $1.00. |
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| J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, Publishers, |
| PHILADELPHIA. |
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“She paused abruptly upon the threshold, and for an
instant simply stared at them.”

[_Frontispiece._] [See page 92.]
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THE COLONEL’S DAUGHTER;

OR,

WINNING HIS SPURS.

BY
CAPT. CHARLES KING, U.S.A.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
A. F. HARMER.

PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
1892.

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Copyright, 1882, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
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TO

MRS. JAMES B. RICKETTS,

WHO,

WHETHER SHARING THE LOT OF WOUNDED PRISONER,

OR

GRACING THE HIGHEST CIRCLES OF SOCIETY,

HAS BEEN

THE DEVOTED WIFE TO ONE,

THE

FAITHFUL FRIEND TO MANY A SOLDIER,

THIS

ARMY STORY IS DEDICATED.