Produced by Christopher Wright, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE This novel was published in two volumes. This is volume 1; the second volume can be found at http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/57196 Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Some minor changes in the text are noted at the end of the book. A SON OF MARS. _At every Library_, THE FIFTH EDITION OF PARIS HERSELF AGAIN. BY GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. _Illustrated by the first French Artists._ Demy 8vo, handsomely bound, 25_s._ REMINGTON & CO. 133 NEW BOND STREET, W. _Of every Bookseller._ A SON OF MARS. BY MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS, AUTHOR OF ‘THE QUEEN’S SHILLING,’ ‘LOLA,’ ‘A WAYWARD WOMAN,’ ETC. VOL. I. _ALL RIGHTS RESERVED._ LONDON: REMINGTON AND CO. 133 NEW BOND STREET, W. [_Removed from 5 Arundel Street, Strand, W.C._] 1880. LONDON ROBSON AND SONS, PRINTERS, PANCRAS ROAD, N.W. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. CHAP. PAGE I. IN THE MILITARY CRADLE 1 II. THE FARRINGTON FAMILY 16 III. ’TWIXT CUP AND LIP 36 IV. TAKING THE SHILLING 55 V. A CRACK CORPS 74 VI. IN THE BARRACK-ROOM 94 VII. A FRENCH LESSON 112 VIII. THE ORDER BOOK 130 IX. A BALL IN BARRACKS 148 X. MUTINY IN THE RANKS 166 XI. SOME OLD FRIENDS MEET 184 XII. REVELATIONS 202 XIII. FARRINGTON S’AMUSE 219 A SON OF MARS. CHAPTER I. IN THE MILITARY CRADLE.