by G. A. Henty
Contents
COPYRIGHT INFO
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
The MEGAPACK™ Ebook Series
WITH THE ALLIES TO PEKIN [Part 1]
WITH THE ALLIES TO PEKIN [Part 2]
WITH THE ALLIES TO PEKIN [Part 3]
THE CAT OF BUBASTES [Part 1]
THE CAT OF BUBASTES [Part 2]
THE CAT OF BUBASTES [Part 3]
IN FREEDOM’S CAUSE [Part 1]
IN FREEDOM’S CAUSE [Part 2]
IN FREEDOM’S CAUSE [Part 3]
A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS [Part 1]
A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS [Part 2]
A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS [Part 3]
UNDER DRAKE’S FLAG [Part 1]
UNDER DRAKE’S FLAG [Part 2]
UNDER DRAKE’S FLAG [Part 3]
BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST [Part 1]
BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST [Part 2]
BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST [Part 3]
THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS [Part 1]
THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS [Part 2]
THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS [Part 3]
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S EVE [Part 1]
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S EVE [Part 2]
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S EVE [Part 3]
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S EVE [Part 4]
WITH CLIVE IN INDIA [Part 1]
WITH CLIVE IN INDIA [Part 2]
WITH CLIVE IN INDIA [Part 3]
WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT [Part 1]
WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT [Part 2]
WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT [Part 3]
WULF THE SAXON [Part 1]
THE LION OF SAINT MARK [Part 1]
THE LION OF SAINT MARK [Part 2]
THE LION OF SAINT MARK [Part 3]
AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET [Part 1]
AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET [Part 2]
AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET [Part 3]
AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET [Part 4]
THE LION OF THE NORTH [Part 1]
THE LION OF THE NORTH [Part 2]
THE LION OF THE NORTH [Part 3]
THE TIGER OF MYSORE [Part 1]
THE TIGER OF MYSORE [Part 2]
THE TIGER OF MYSORE [Part 3]
THE TIGER OF MYSORE [Part 4]
WON BY THE SWORD [Part 1]
WON BY THE SWORD [Part 2]
WON BY THE SWORD [Part 3]
IN THE REIGN OF TERROR [Part 1]
IN THE REIGN OF TERROR [Part 2]
FRIENDS, THOUGH DIVIDED [Part 1]
FRIENDS, THOUGH DIVIDED [Part 2]
FRIENDS, THOUGH DIVIDED [Part 2]
THE YOUNG COLONISTS [Part 1]
THE YOUNG COLONISTS [Part 2]
WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA [Part 1]
WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA [Part 2]
WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA [Part 3]
COPYRIGHT INFO
The Second G.A. Henty MEGAPACK™ is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press, LLC. All rights reserved.
The MEGAPACK™ ebook series name is a trademark of Wildside Press, LLC. All rights reserved.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
George Alfred Henty (1832 – 1902), was a prolific English novelist. He remains best known for his thrilling historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century.
This is our second volume of his collected works, but it’s another great one...topping out at more than 6,200 pages of classic fiction.
Enjoy!
—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC
www.wildsidepress.com
ABOUT THE SERIES
Over the last few years, our MEGAPACK™ ebook anthologies have grown to be among our most popular series. (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our mailing list!) One question we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?”
The MEGAPACK™ ebooks (except where specifically credited) are a group effort. Everyone at Wildside works on them. This includes John Betancourt (me), Carla Coupe, Steve Coupe, Shawn Garrett, Bonner Menking, Colin Azariah-Kribbs, A.E. Warren, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!)
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TYPOS
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The MEGAPACK™ Ebook Series
MYSTERY
The First Mystery Megapack™
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The Achmed Abdullah Megapack™
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The Detective Megapack™
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The Second Girl Detective Megapack™
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The Red Finger Pulp Mystery Megapack™, by Arthur Leo Zagat*
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The Victorian Mystery Megapack™
The Wilkie Collins Megapack™
GENERAL INTEREST
The Adventure Megapack™
The Baseball Megapack™
The Cat Story Megapack™
The Second Cat Story Megapack™
The Third Cat Story Megapack™
The Third Cat Story Megapack™
The Christmas Megapack™
The Second Christmas Megapack™
The Classic American Short Stories Megapack™, Vol. 1.
The Classic Humor Megapack™
The Dog Story Megapack™
The Doll Story Megapack™
The Horse Story Megapack™
The Military Megapack™
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The Sea-Story Megapack™
The Utopia Megapack™
THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION
1. Winston K. Marks
2. Mark Clifton
3. Poul Anderson
4. Clifford D. Simak
5. Lester del Rey
6. Charles L. Fontenay
7. H.B. Fyfe
8. Milton Lesser (Stephen Marlowe)
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The First Science Fiction Megapack™
The Second Science Fiction Megapack™
The Third Science Fiction Megapack™
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack™
The Fifth Science Fiction Megapack™
The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack™
The Seventh Science Fiction Megapack™
The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack™
The N
inth Science Fiction Megapack™
The Edward Bellamy Megapack™
The First Reginald Bretnor Megapack™
The Fredric Brown Megapack™
The Fred M. White Disaster Megapack™
The First Theodore Cogswell Megapack™
The Ray Cummings Megapack™
The Philip K. Dick Megapack™
The Dragon Megapack™
The Randall Garrett Megapack™
The Second Randall Garrett Megapack™
The Edmond Hamilton Megapack™
The C.J. Henderson Megapack™
The Murray Leinster Megapack™***
The Second Murray Leinster Megapack™***
The Jack London Science Fiction Megapack™
The Lost Worlds Megapack™
The Mad Scientist Megapack™
The Martian Megapack™
The A. Merritt Megapack™*
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The Pulp Fiction Megapack™
The Mack Reynolds Megapack™
The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack™
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The Second Time Travel Megapack™
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The William Hope Hodgson Megapack™
The First Willam P. McGivern Science Fiction Megapack™
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The Willam P. McGivern Fantasy Megapack™
The Wizard of Oz Megapack™
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The Second Horror Megapack™
The Achmed Abdullah Megapack™
The Second Achmed Abdullah Megapack™
The E.F. Benson Megapack™
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The Algernon Blackwood Megapack™
The Second Algernon Blackwood Megapack™
The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack™
The Erckmann-Chatrian Megapack™
The Ghost Story Megapack™
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The Macabre Megapack™
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The Zane Grey Megapack™
The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack™
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The Boys’ Adventure Megapack™
The Dan Carter, Cub Scout Megapack™
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The Doll Story Megapack™
The G.A. Henty Megapack™
The Girl Detectives Megapack™
The E. Nesbit Megapack™
The Penny Parker Megapack™
The Pinocchio Megapack™
The Rover Boys Megapack™
The Second Carolyn Wells Megapack™
The Space Patrol Megapack™
The Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Megapack™
The Tom Swift Megapack™
The Wizard of Oz Megapack™
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The Achmed Abdullah Megapack™
The H. Bedford-Jones Pulp Fiction Megapack™
The Edward Bellamy Megapack™
The E.F. Benson Megapack™
The Second E.F. Benson Megapack™
The Henri Bergson Megapack™
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The Algernon Blackwood Megapack™
The Second Algernon Blackwood Megapack™
The B.M. Bower Megapack™
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The First Reginald Bretnor Megapack™
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The Wilkie Collins Megapack™
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The Philip K. Dick Megapack™
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The First R. Austin Freeman Megapack™
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The Andre Norton Megapack™
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The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack™
The Virginia Woolf Megapack™
The Arthur Leo Zagat Science Fiction Megapack™
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** Not available in the European Union
***Out of print.
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Once Upon a Future: The Third Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories
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WITH THE ALLIES TO PEKIN [Part 1]
PREFACE
The campaign which ended with the relief of the Pekin Legations is unique in its way, carried on as it was by an army made up of almost all the nationalities of Europe. The quarrel originated in the rising of a mob of ruffians who were known by us under the name of Boxers. The movement spread like wildfire, and soon developed into the wholesale massacre of the missionaries of Northern China. The Empress, seeing the formidable nature of the rising, and hoping to gain by it the expulsion of all foreigners from her dominions, allied herself with the Boxers, besieged the various Legations, and attacked Tientsin, which stands upon the river by which the trade with Pekin is carried on. Admiral Seymour, with a force of little over a thousand men, marched to the relief of the Legations. The railway, however, was cut both before and behind him, and after severe fighting he retired upon a Chinese fortress a few miles from Tientsin, where he maintained himself until he was relieved by another force which had arrived by sea and had destroyed the forts at the mouth of the river. Tientsin itself was captured by the allies after one day’s hard fighting, and the army then advanced to the relief of the Legations. The opposition they met with was trifling in comparison with that which they had encountered at Tientsin, and they arrived at Pekin not a moment too soon. It was found that the Legations had been very hard pressed, some of them having been destroyed by fire. But the garrison had maintained a heroic defence, aided by the native Christians who had escaped the massacre and taken refuge with them, and who had done excellent work in the building and constant repair of the defences, sometimes under the heavy fire of the enemy. The Empress had fled, but negotiations were opened with her and terms of peace were ultimately agreed to. For the particulars of the campaign I have relied chiefly upon The War of the Civilizations, by George Lynch, China and the Powers, by H. C. Thomson, and The Siege of Pekin Legations, by the Rev. Roland Allen, M. A.
—G. A. HENTY
CHAPTER I
SCHOOL
“Well, Rex, how do you think you will like school?”
“I don’t know very much about it yet, Uncle. You told me that I was to expect to be bothered and bullied a bit just at first, but it was not so bad as I supposed. I was asked a lot of questions, and when I said I had been taken to China when I was a year old and lived there ever since, they gave me the nickname of the Heathen Chinee at once. Of course I did not mind that at all. You told me that probably they would give me a nickname of some sort, and that was just as good as another. Anyhow, after the first two days they let me alone. I came off better than some of the other new boys, who got out of temper to begin with; so I expect it is all over as far as I am concerned now.”
“I expect so, Rex. The boy who takes things good-temperedly is soon left alone.”
The speakers were Mr. Bateman and his nephew Reginald, who was always known as Rex. They had landed at Southampton a month before. Mr. Bateman, who was a member of a firm of merchants at Tientsin, had returned to England to take up the management of the London house, the senior partner having died. Rex was the son of James, the younger brother of the two remaining partners. As soon as it had been arranged that the elder brother should return to England, it was agreed that he should take Rex with him. It had for some time been a settled thing that the boy should come home for three or four years in order to associate with English boys and learn their ways, and at the end of that time should return to China and begin to learn the business. Robert, now the chief partner, was unmarried, and as it was therefore probable that Rex would some day become in turn the head of the firm, both his father and uncle were anxious that he should be prepared as far as possible for that position.