Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
"Oh!" he cried excitedly, "we're having such fun!"
Sir Richard's Grandson
or
A Soldier's Son
By
ELEANORA H. STOOKE.
Author of
"The Hermit's Cave," "Rose Cottage," "A Little Town Mouse,"
"Little Gem," etc.
London:
GALL AND INGLIS, 25 PATERNOSTER SQUARE
AND EDINBURGH
List of Illustrations.
"OH!" HE CRIED EXCITEDLY, "WE'RE HAVING SUCH FUN!"
"WELL, DICK," HE SAID, "SO THEY LET YOU COME?"
"LET ME GO!" SAID DICK, HOARSELY.
"'TWAS EXACTLY LIKE LETTING OFF A CANNON."
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
III. DICK'S FIRST DAY IN ENGLAND
VII. SIR RICHARD TELLS DICK OF THE SECRET PASSAGE
XII. CONCERNING TWO AFTERNOON CALLS
XVIII. THE MORNING AFTER THE STORM
SIR RICHARD'S GRANDSON
OR
A Soldier's Son
CHAPTER I
DICK AND HIS PARENTS
THE intense heat of the Indian day was over, and Captain and Mrs. Gidley, with their little son, Dick, were seated on the verandah of their bungalow, enjoying the comparative coolness of the evening. Captain Gidley was a tall, handsome man, whose spare form and tanned skin told of many years lived beneath an eastern sun; his wife was a very pretty woman, and though she had lost the pink roses from her cheeks which she had brought to India with her as a bride, ten years previously, she had not grown languid and idle,