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Title: The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon

Author: Jose Maria Gordon

Release Date: November 29, 2008 [EBook #27362]

Language: English

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The Chronicles of
a Gay Gordon _By_

Brig.-General J. M. Gordon, C.B.

_With Eleven Half-tone Illustrations_

Cassell and Company, Limited, London
New York, Toronto and Melbourne 1921

[Illustration: _Photo: Lafayette, Ltd., Glasgow._]

CONTENTS

PAGE

By Way of Introduction 1

Genealogical Table 7

Part I

CHAPTER

1. My Scots-Spanish Origin 11

2. My Schooling 20

3. A Frontier Incident 30

4. First War Experience 35

5. My Meetings with King Alfonso 42

6. With Don Carlos Again 46

7. My First Engagement 53

8. Soldiering in Ireland 62

9. Unruly Times in Ireland 71

10. Sport in Ireland 77

11. A Voyage to New Zealand 87

12. A Maori Meeting 98

13. An Offer from the Governor of Tasmania 104

14. I Become a Newspaper Proprietor 109

15. A Merchant, then an Actor 120

16. As Policeman in Adelaide 132

Military Appointments and Promotions 147

Part II

1. Soldiering in South Australia 151

2. Polo, Hunting and Steeplechasing 162

3. The Russian Scare and its