GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
“GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.”

The
Flag of the Adventurer

BY
SYDNEY C. GRIER
AUTHOR OF
‘THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES,’ ‘THE STRONG HAND,’
ETC., ETC.


WITH FRONTISPIECE BY A. PEARSE

(First in the Modern East series)


“When glimmers down the riotous wind
The flag of the Adventurer”



William Blackwood and Sons
Edinburgh and London
1921
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS.

I. MAJOR AND MRS AMBROSE

II. THE RIFT IN THE LUTE

III. COLONEL BAYARD’S BURDEN

IV. A LUCKLESS DAY

V. THE SEAL OF SOLOMON

VI. ENTER THE ADVENTURER

VII. THE OLD ORDER CHANGES

VIII. TOO CLEVER BY HALF

IX. DINNER AT THE GENERAL’S

X. A CONTEST OF WITS

XI. DEEDS, NOT WORDS

XII. AN ERROR OF JUDGMENT

XIII. A LAST EFFORT

XIV. OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN—

XV. —INTO THE FIRE

XVI. THE MORROW OF VICTORY

XVII. SUPPORTED ON BAYONETS

XVIII. PLUCK AND LUCK

XIX. THE SECOND ROUND

XX. IF SHE WILL, SHE WILL

XXI. WELL AND TRULY LAID

XXII. THE BELLE AND THE BAUBLE

XXIII. BRIAN TO THE RESCUE

XXIV. A SORE STRAIT

XXV. USE AND WONT

The Flag of the Adventurer.

CHAPTER I.
MAJOR AND MRS AMBROSE.

At last!” murmured Eveleen Ambrose with heartfelt relief, gainingthe unsteady deck by dint of a frantic clutch at her husband’s arm,and cannoning helplessly against an unfortunate man who happened to bestanding near the head of the ladder. “Oh, I beg your pardon!” as hestaggered wildly and recovered himself, with a look of mortal offenceon his face; “I am so sorry—I——”

“Steady!” said her husband sharply, retrieving her from anunintentional rush across the deck, and setting her up in a corner.“What’s the matter with you—eh?”

“The matter?” Eveleen’s Irish mind was so unhappily constituted thatit saw humour wh

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