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Title: Major Vigoureux

Author: A. T. Quiller-Couch

Release Date: March 20, 2007 [EBook #20863]

Language: English

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MAJOR VIGOUREUX

NOVELS AND STORIES BY "Q"

Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Major Vigoureux $1.50
Poison Island $1.50
Sir John Constantine $1.50
The Mayor of Troy $1.50
Shining Ferry $1.50
The Adventures of Harry Revel $1.50
The White Wolf and Other Tales $1.50
The Laird's Luck and Other Tales $1.50
Fort Amity $1.50
Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales $1.50
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts $1.50
The Ship of Stars $1.50
Historical Tales from Shakespeare $1.50

MAJOR VIGOUREUX

BY

A. T. QUILLER-COUCH

("Q")

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK 1907

Copyright, 1907, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Published September, 1907

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. IN THE GARRISON GARDEN 1

II. SERGEANT ARCHELAUS IS RE-FITTED 12

III. THE COMMANDANT FINESSES A KNAVE 28

IV. THE GUN IN THE GREAT FOG 44

V. THE S.S. MILO 56

VI. HOW VASHTI CAME TO THE ISLANDS 71

VII. TRIBULATIONS OF MRS. POPE AND MISS GABRIEL 84

VIII. A BRIEF REVENGE 97

IX. THE SALVING OF S.S. MILO 106

X. THE ADVENTURES OF FOUR SHILLINGS 125

XI. PLAN OF CAMPAIGN 142