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  Sir Toady Lion

  "AS THE HIGHLANDERS HAD CLUNG TO THE CAVALRY STIRRUPS AT BALACLAVA."]

  THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF SIR TOADY LION WITH THOSE OF GENERAL NAPOLEON SMITH AN IMPROVING HISTORY FOR OLD BOYS, YOUNG BOYS, GOOD BOYS, BAD BOYS, BIG BOYS, LITTLE BOYS, COW BOYS, AND TOM-BOYS

  BY

  S. R. CROCKETT

  AUTHOR of "SWEETHEART TRAVELLERS", "THE RAIDERS", &c.

  ILLUSTRATED BY GORDON BROWNE NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

  Copyright, 1897 by Frederick A. Stokes Company

  TOO GOOD BOYS NOT ALLOWED TO READ THIS BOOK BY ORDER FIELD MARSHAL NAPOLEON SMITH]

  CONTENTS

  I. PRISSY, HUGH JOHN, AND SIR TOADY LION, II. THE GOSPEL OF DASHT-MEAN, III. HOW HUGH JOHN BECAME GENERAL NAPOLEON, IV. CASTLE PERILOUS, V. THE DECLARATION OF WAR, VI. FIRST BLOOD, VII. THE POOR WOUNDED HUSSAR, VIII. THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT, IX. PUT TO THE QUESTION, X. A SCOUTING ADVENTURE, XI. ENEMY'S COUNTRY, XII. MOBILISATION, XIII. THE ARMY OF WINDY STANDARD, XIV. THE BATTLE OF THE BLACK SHEDS, XV. TOADY LION PLAYS A FIRST LONE HAND, XVI. THE SMOUTCHY BOYS, XVII. BEFORE THE INQUISITION, XVIII. THE CASTLE DUNGEON, XIX. THE DROP OF WATER, XX. THE SECRET PASSAGE, XXI. THE RETURN FROM THE BASTILE, XXII. MUTINY IN THE CAMP, XXIII. CISSY CARTER, BOYS' GIRL, XXIV. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME--AND ENDS THERE, XXV. LOVE'S (VERY) YOUNG DREAM, XXVI. AN IMPERIAL BIRTHDAY, XXVII. THE BANTAM CHICKENS, XXVIII. THE GIPSY CAMP, XXIX. TOADY LION'S LITTLE WAYS, XXX. SAINT PRISSY, PEACEMAKER, XXXI. PRISSY'S PICNIC, XXXII. PLAN OF CAMPAIGN, XXXIII. TOADY LION'S SECOND LONE HAND, XXXIV. THE CROWNING MERCY, XXXV. PRISSY'S COMPROMISE, XXXVI. HUGH JOHN'S WAY-GOING, XXXVII. THE GOOD CONDUCT PRIZE, XXXVIII. HUGH JOHN'S BLIGHTED HEART, XXXIX. "GIRLS ARE FUNNY THINGS,"

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  "AS THE HIGHLANDERS HAD CLUNG TO THE CAVALRY STIRRUPS AT BALACLAVA," SIR TOADY LION, HUGH JOHN HAD A SISTER, THE HIGHWAY LIES DESERTED, MR. DICK TURPIN, LATE OF YORK AND TYBURN, HE STOOD ON THE ROADSIDE, IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER DONE FOR A FIELD-MARSHAL, CASTLE PERILOUS, AT THE END OF THE STEPPING-STONES, JANET SHEEPSHANKS AWAITED THIS SORRY PROCESSION WITH A GRIM TIGHTENING OF THE LIPS, "I COULDN'T HELP GETTING BEATEN," SUCCESS OFTEN BRED ENVY, SAMBO, A FEARFUL BLACK COUNTENANCE NODDED AT HIM, HUGH JOHN TOOK HIS WAY DOWN THE AVENUE, "WAIT TILL THE NEXT TIME," HE WAS OBLIGED TO CLIMB A TREE, HUGH JOHN TUGGED HER HAIR, DEPOSITED GENERAL-FIELD-MARSHAL SMITH IN THE HORSE-POND, GENERALS OF DIVISION, EQUAL IN RANK, THE ARMY WAS FINALLY MUSTERED, THE BLACK SHEDS, THE BATTLE OF THE BLACK SHEDS, CAUTIOUSLY HE RETURNED THROUGH THE HEDGE, "OH, THE BONNIE LADDIE!" "SURRENDER!" CRIED NIPPER DONNAN, THE HEAD SMOUTCHY, "GOT YOU AT LAST!" "WILL YE SAY NOW THAT THE CASTLE IS YOUR FATHER'S?" "BUT I WON'T CRY--EVEN TO MYSELF," HE BENT THE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY THIS WAY AND THAT, THE PINING CAPTIVE, THE SECRET PASSAGE, HE SAW A STRETCH OF RIPPLED RIVER, HE FLOUNDERED THROUGH, "I CREATE YOU GENERAL OF THE COMM'SARIAT," "DON'T YOU SPEAK AGAINST MY FATHER," SAMMY CARTER MUTINOUS, "ONE, TWO, THREE--AND A TIGER," "LOOK AT HIM, MADAM," SAID MRS. BAKER, TOADY LION SAT PLUMP DOWN, "LET ME LOOK AT HIM," SHE SAID, LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM, "HIT HARD, BRAVE SOLDIER," "WASN'T IT SPLENDID?" TOADY LION PREFERRED TO SLEEP IN THE MOST CURIOUS POSITIONS, BANTAM CHICKENS, THE GIPSIES' WOOD, SHE CARRIED A BACK LOAD OF TINWARE, THE OLDEST IMPLEMENTS INVENTED FOR THE PURPOSE, SHE WENT ON HER WAY, "OH, PLEASE DON'T, SIR!" WELCOMED BY THE ENEMY, THE RETURN OF THE TWO SWIFT FOOTMEN, HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN, TROTTING STEADILY THROUGH THE TOWN, THE BOUNDING BROTHERS, THE LIVING CHAIN, SIXPENCE FOR ADMISSION, "THEN," SAID PRISSY, "I THINK IT CAN BE MANAGED," TOADY LION STOOD LOOKING ON, A SLIM BUNDLE OF LIMP WOE, THE GOOD CONDUCT PRIZE, "SMELL THAT," A BLIGHTED BEING, HE SPRANG OVER THE STILE, "IT LOOKS LIKE HALF OF A SIXPENCE WHICH SOMEBODY HAS STEPPED UPON. HOW QUAINT!" AS IF HER HEART WERE LIGHT WITHIN HER,

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