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The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon

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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

Photo: Lafayette, Ltd., Glasgow.

		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 Results	175
4.	The Soudan Contingent	185
5.	A Time of Retrenchment	192
6.	My Vision Fulfilled