G. A. HENTY.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. FATHERLESS
II. A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
III. A THIEF SOMEWHERE
IV. CAPTURED
V. KIDNAPPED
VI. A NARROW ESCAPE
VII. SAVED FROM A VILLAIN
VIII. THE CAPTAIN'S YARN
IX. THE FIRE IN THE SAVOY
X. HOW JOHN WILKES FOUGHT THE DUTCH
XI. PRINCE RUPERT
XII. NEW FRIENDS
XIII. THE BATTLE OF LOWESTOFT
XIV. HONOURABLE SCARS
XV. THE PLAGUE
XVI. FATHER AND SON
XVII. SMITTEN DOWN
XVIII. A STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE
XIX. TAKING POSSESSION
XX. THE FIGHT OFF DUNKIRK
XXI. LONDON IN FLAMES
XXII. AFTER THE FIRE
ILLUSTRATIONS
"WITH GREAT RAPIDITY THE FLAMES SPREAD FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE"
"DON'T CRY, LAD; YOU WILL GET ON BETTER WITHOUT ME"
"THIS IS MY PRINCE OF SCRIVENERS, MARY"
"ROBERT ASHFORD, KNIFE IN HAND, ATTACKED JOHN WILKES WITH FURY"
"CYRIL SAT UP AND DRANK OFF THE CONTENTS OF THE PANNIKIN"
"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, SIR, DO NOT CAUSE TROUBLE"
"TAKE HER DOWN QUICK, JOHN, THERE ARE THREE OTHERS"
"CYRIL RAISED THE KING'S HAND TO HIS LIPS"
"A DUTCH MAN-OF-WAR RAN ALONGSIDE AND FIRED A BROADSIDE"
"FOR THE LAST TIME: WILL YOU SIGN THE DEED?"
"WELCOME BACK TO YOUR OWN AGAIN, SIR CYRIL!"
"WHAT NEWS, JAMES?" THE KING ASKED EAGERLY
WHEN LONDON BURNED
CHAPTER I
FATHERLESS
Lad stood looking out of the dormer window in a scantily furnished
attic in the high-pitched roof of a house in Holborn, in September
1664.
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