BROTHERS
THE TRUE HISTORY OF
A FIGHT AGAINST ODDS
BY
HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1905
FIRST EDITION . . May 1904
Reprinted . . June 1904
Reprinted . . August 1904
Reprinted . . November 1904
Reprinted . . December 1904
Reprinted . . The same month
Reprinted . . January 1905
Copyright in the United
States of America by
Horace Annesley Vachell
TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN
WHO HAVE STRIVEN:
TO THE STRONG
WHO HAVE ATTAINED THEIR GOAL,
TO THE WEAK
WHO HAVE MADE THE RUNNING FOR THE STRONG,
AND IN PARTICULAR TO THOSE
WHO HAVE CONFRONTED ILL-FORTUNE, ILL-HEALTH,
AND DISAPPOINTMENT
WITH FORTITUDE AND SERENITY,
I DEDICATE THIS
BOOK
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
A DRAMA IN SUNSHINE
JOHN CHARITY
THE PROCESSION OF LIFE
LIFE AND SPORT ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
THE SHADOWY THIRD
THE PINCH OF PROSPERITY
PREFATORY NOTE
It is likely that the brothers in this book will berecognised by some readers who may indict thegood taste of revealing a secret guarded jealouslyduring many years. To these let it be said thatthe brother who attained to the highest honoursand dignities of his profession earnestly desiredthat the truth concerning certain incidents in hisearlier career should be told in a biography. Adesire he was constrained reluctantly to forego. Thestory of the Samphires satisfies adequately enoughthe exigencies of a peculiar case. The many arenot concerned; the few will discern truth throughthe thin veil of fiction.
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