A Military Romance.
BY
JAMES GRANT,
AUTHOR OF
"SECOND TO NONE," "THE ROMANCE OF WAR," "THE YELLOW FRIGATE,"
ETC. ETC.
"Memories fast are thronging o'er me,
Of the grand old fields of Spain;
How he faced the charge of Junot,
And the fight where Moore was slain.
Oh the years of weary waiting
For the glorious chance he sought,
For the slowly ripened harvest
That life's latest autumn brought."
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,
BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL.
1865.
LONDON:
SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAP.
I. A LAST REJECTION
II. THE MESS
III. THE PUNISHMENT PARADE
IV. THE OLD REGIMENT OF EDINBURGH
V. THE ADVANCED PICQUET
VI. COSMO JOINS
VII. THE DEPARTURE
VIII. ON THE SEA
IX. PORTALEGRE
X. COSMO'S CRAFT
XI. QUENTIN DEPARTS
XII. ANXIOUS FRIENDS
XIII. THE PARAGRAPH
XIV. THE WAYSIDE CROSS AND WELL
XV. THE MULETEERS
XVI. GIL LLANO
XVII. DANGER IN THE PATH
XVIII. THE CHASSEUR Ã CHEVAL
XIX. EUGÃNE DE RIBEAUPIERRE
XX. THE GALIOTE OF ST. CLOUD
XXI. THE GUERILLA HEAD-QUARTERS
XXII. A REPRISAL
XXIII. DON BALTASAR DE SALDOS
XXIV. DONNA ISIDORA
XXV. THE JOURNEY
XXVI. A SURPRISE
XXVII. THE VILLA DE MACIERA
XXVIII. OUR LADY DEL PILAR
THE KING'S OWN BORDERERS.
"Ae fond kiss and then we sever!
Ae farewell, alas for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee;
Who shall say that Fortune grieves him
While the star of hope she leaves him?"
BURNS.
Ignoring the source or cause of the excitementamong the household, Cosmo lounged into thebreakfast-parlour, where t