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  YULE LOGS

  [Illustration]

  BEING LONGMANS'
  XMAS ANNUAL FOR
  1898 EDITED BY
  G. A. HENTY.




  YULE LOGS




  [Illustration: "An Indian sprang up behind him."
                                                _Page 279_.]




  _Longmans' Christmas Annual for 1898_

  YULE LOGS

  Edited by

  G. A. Henty

  With Sixty-one Illustrations

  [Illustration]

  Longmans, Green, and Co.

  39 Paternoster Row, London
  New York and Bombay
  1898

  _All rights reserved_




  Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
  At the Ballantyne Press




CONTENTS


                                                                      PAGE

  A FIGHTING MERMAID. By KIRK MUNROE                                     1

       _Illustrated by_ FRED. T. JANE.


  THE VENTURE OF THE "BERTHA" WHALER. By HENRY FRITH                    39

       _Illustrated by_ W. H. OVEREND.


  A FRENCHMAN'S GRATITUDE. By Lieut.-Col. PERCY-GROVES                  74

       _Illustrated by_ J. FINNEMORE.


  THE BADGE OF THE FOURTH FOOT. By ROBERT LEIGHTON                     115

       _Illustrated by_ J. AYTON SYMINGTON.


  A DANGEROUS GAME. By G. MANVILLE FENN                                155

       _Illustrated by_ C. J. STANILAND.


  BY DEFAULT OF THE ENGINEER. By FRANKLIN FOX                          203

       _Illustrated by_ GORDON BROWNE.


  THE KING OF SPAIN'S WILL. By JOHN BLOUNDELLE-BURTON                  236

       _Illustrated by_ ENOCH WARD.


  A NEW ENGLAND RAID. By E. F. POLLARD                                 271

       _Illustrated by_ GORDON BROWNE.


  SIR RICHARD'S SQUIRES. By CHARLES W. WHISTLER                        310

       _Illustrated by_ R. WHEELWRIGHT.


  THE SLAVER'S REVENGE. By HARRY COLLINGWOOD                           344

       _Illustrated by_ TREVOR HADDON.


  ON A MEXICAN RANCHE. By G. A. HENTY                                  383

       _Illustrated by_ H. BIRD.




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


  "An Indian sprang up behind him"                          _Frontispiece_
                                                                      PAGE
  "The strange tow, slowly making its way up the harbour"               13

  "She hovered like a gigantic fish"                                    17

  "Then two dripping figures scrambled aboard"                          29

  "The explosion, close under their bows, of a giant fire-cracker"      31

  "The _Alfonso XIX._ lay in a glow of diffused light that seemed to
       come from beneath her very keel"                                 33

  "Threw the whole harbour into an uproar of terror"                    35

  "The captain, overbalanced, dropped overboard, and disappeared
       in the raging sea"                                               43

  "Hullo, my young spitfire! so you want a lesson, do you?"             47

  "What are those black things, Mr. Stevens?"                           54

  "In the dim light two curious objects appeared"                       63

  "The end appeared near"                                               69

  "I immediately ran forward to the scene of action"                    77

  "Our gunners hammered away at Rosetta"                                85

  "Very cautiously we made our way down the sand-hills"                 91

  "As the fog cleared off, there appeared before us the Turkish army"   97

  "Our standing ranks gave them a rattling volley"                     105

  "I dropped senseless to the ground"                                  111

  "Suddenly a fluttering book flew past his curly head"                117

  "Turned up a rusty old claymore"                                     124

  "Alan refused to accept this offer of friendship"                    135

  "Colin handed him the lantern"                                       146

  "Neil? my brother Neil?"                                             151

  "Whisked himself round and held his tar-kettle and brush out like
       a pair of balances"                                             160

  "Rev'nue cutter," said Hezz shortly                                  166

  "A vigorous cut divided the fishing-line"                            171

  "A signal! came the next moment in answer"                           181

  "For there below him, lit up by a few lanterns, he could make out
       the hull of a great lugger"                                    