V. ENLISTED, 84

VI. EGYPT, 97

VII. EL-TEB, 116

VIII. TAMANIEB, 134

IX. THE CAMEL CORPS, 144

X. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING, 165

XI. ABU KLEA, 183

XII. METEMMEH, 201

XIII. ABU KRU, 218

XIV. A SLAVE, 235

XV. BAD NEWS, 253

XVI. IN DISGUISE, 270

XVII. A RUNAWAY SLAVE, 288

XVIII. THE ZAREBA, 306

XIX. A LONG SEARCH, 325

XX. FOUND! 340

XXI. HOME! 359

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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"THE WOMAN PLACED HERSELF IN HIS WAY," 50

"EDGAR STRUCK HIM WITH ALL HIS STRENGTH," 102

"WITH A DESPERATE RUSH THEY REACHED THE SAILORS," 123

TOWING THE BOATS UP THE NILE, 163

AT THE WELLS OF GAKDUL, 184

"THE ARABS WITH WILD YELLS CHARGED UPON THE SQUARE," 196

"GOOD-BYE, LAD, AND GOD BLESS YOU!" 210

"A SHOT HAD PASSED THROUGH HER BOILER," 263

THE ARMY OF HICKS PASHA ON THE MARCH, 342

"IT IS RUPERT'S VOICE, BUT IT CANNOT BE RUPERT!" 357

* * * * *

Plan--Port of Suakim, 122

" Battle of El-teb, 29th Feb. 1884, "

" Battle of Abu Klea, 17th Jan. 1885, 138

" Battle of Tamai, 13th Mar. 1884, "

THE DASH FOR KHARTOUM: A TALE OF THE NILE EXPEDITION.

CHAPTER I

MIXED!

In a room in the married non-commissioned officers' quarters in the
cantonments at Agra, a young woman was sitting looking thoughtfully at
two infants, who lay sleeping together on the outside of a bed with a
shawl thrown lightly over them. Jane Humphreys had been married about a
year. She was the daughter of the regimental sergeant-major, and had
been a spoilt child. She was good looking, and had, so the wives and
daughters of the other non-commissioned officers said,