BARCLAY OF THE GUIDES

BY HERBERT STRANG

HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON

Copyright 1908 in the United States of America

REPRINTED 1924 IN GREAT BRITAIN BY R. CLAY AND SONS, LTD.,
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

PREFACE

The great Mutiny embraced so wide an area, in which momentous eventshappened almost simultaneously in places far apart, that it seemedadvisable to confine the historical background of this story to thesiege of Delhi, the city which was the heart of the rebellion. In regardto the historical persons introduced, care has been taken to adhere asclosely as possible to facts; and, where the romancer's licence mustneeds put words into their mouths, to conform to probability and theirknown characters. If the boys who read these pages should care to knowmore of the great men of whom they get glimpses, they will find a storeof good things in Lumsden of the Guides, by Sir Peter Lumsden andGeorge R. Elsmie; the Memoirs of Sir Henry Daly, by Major H. Daly; ALeader of Light Horse (Hodson), and the Life of John Nicholson, bothby Lieut.-Colonel Trotter. The history of the Mutiny, as related in thepages of Kaye and Malleson, will never lose its fascination.

Herbert Strang

CONTENTS

PREFACE
CHAPTER THE FIRST The Raid
CHAPTER THE SECOND The Making of a Pathan
CHAPTER THE THIRD Sky-high
CHAPTER THE FOURTH The Return of Sherdil
CHAPTER THE FIFTH Reprisals
CHAPTER THE SIXTH In the Nets
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH Jan Larrens
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH A Competition Wallah
CHAPTER THE NINTH A Fakir
CHAPTER THE TENTH The Delhi Road
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH The Missy Sahib
CHAPTER THE TWELFTH Bluff
CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH Some Lathi-wallahs and a Camel
CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH Kaluja Dass, Khansaman
CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH Within the Gates
CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH The Coming of Bakht Khan
CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH The Doctor's Divan
CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH The Spoilers Spoiled
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