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Title: The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon
Author: Jose Maria Gordon
Release Date: November 29, 2008 [EBook #27362]
Language: English
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The Chronicles of
a Gay Gordon _By_
Brig.-General J. M. Gordon, C.B.
_With Eleven Half-tone Illustrations_
Cassell and Company, Limited, London
New York, Toronto and Melbourne 1921
[Illustration: _Photo: Lafayette, Ltd., Glasgow._]
CONTENTS
PAGE
By Way of Introduction 1
Genealogical Table 7
Part I
CHAPTER
1. My Scots-Spanish Origin 11
2. My Schooling 20
3. A Frontier Incident 30
4. First War Experience 35
5. My Meetings with King Alfonso 42
6. With Don Carlos Again 46
7. My First Engagement 53
8. Soldiering in Ireland 62
9. Unruly Times in Ireland 71
10. Sport in Ireland 77
11. A Voyage to New Zealand 87
12. A Maori Meeting 98
13. An Offer from the Governor of Tasmania 104
14. I Become a Newspaper Proprietor 109
15. A Merchant, then an Actor 120
16. As Policeman in Adelaide 132
Military Appointments and Promotions 147
Part II
1. Soldiering in South Australia 151
2. Polo, Hunting and Steeplechasing 162
3. The Russian Scare and its
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