nterest of his
prize-money. He had no children of his own, and his great pleasure was to
wander about with Will's, telling them of their father's adventures in the
great war.

It was not till well on in the sixties that Sir William Gilmore, captain,
R.N., departed this life, a few weeks after the death of his wife, leaving
behind him a large family to carry on the old name.

THE END

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_HISTORICAL TALES BY_

G. A. HENTY

With the Allies to Pekin: A story of the Relief of the Legations.
Illustrated by WAL PAGET. With a Map. 6_s._

On the outbreak of the Boxer movement Rex Bateman, by a daring stratagem,
rescues some relatives from an outlying village, and conducts them into
Pekin. Then he makes his way down to Tien-tsin and joins Admiral Seymour's
column. When the advance of this force is checked he pushes on alone to
the capital, where his courage and ready invention are invaluable to the
defenders. On the declaration of an armistice, however, he again succeeds
in eluding the Boxer bands, goes through the storming of Tien-tsin, and
marches with the allied army to Pekin.

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Through Three Campaigns: A Story of Chitral, the Tirah, and Ashanti.
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The hero of this story, the son of an officer, joins the Chitral
expedition secretly as a private soldier, but the enormous difficulties
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