WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA: A Story of the American Civil War. 6_s._ BY SHEER PLUCK: A Tale of the Ashanti War. 5_s._ OUT WITH GARIBALDI: A Story of the Liberation of Italy. 5_s._ FOR NAME AND FAME: or, To Cabul with Roberts. 5_s._ THE DASH FOR KHARTOUM: A Tale of the Nile Expedition. 6_s._ CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST: A Story of Escape from Siberia. 5_s._ WITH BULLER IN NATAL: or, A Born Leader. 6_s._ [Illustration: “AS THEY CLIMBED UP THEY WERE CONFRONTED BY FULLY A HUNDRED ARMED MOORS”] BY CONDUCT AND COURAGE A STORY OF THE DAYS OF NELSON BY G. A. HENTY Author of “With Roberts to Pretoria” “With Buller in Natal” “With Kitchener in the Soudan” &c. _ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM RAINEY, R.I._ BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW DUBLIN BOMBAY 1905 PUBLISHERS’ NOTE Mr. George A. Henty, who died in November, 1902, had completed three new stories, _With the Allies to Pekin_, _Through Three Campaigns_, and _By Conduct and Courage_. Of these, _Through Three Campaigns_ and _With the Allies to Pekin_ were published in the autumn of 1903; the present story is therefore the last of Mr. Henty’s great series of historical stories for boys. The proofs have been revised by Mr. G. A. Henty’s son, Captain C. G. Henty. CONTENTS CHAP. Page I. AN ORPHAN 11 II. IN THE KING’S SERVICE 32 III. A SEA-FIGHT 53 IV. PROMOTED 75 V. A PIRATE HOLD 96 VI. A NARROW ESCAPE 119 VII. AN INDEPENDENT COMMAND 137 VIII. A SPLENDID HAUL 157 IX. A SPELL ASHORE 178 X. BACK AT SCARCOMBE 197 XI. CAPTIVES AMONG THE MOORS 212 XII. BACK ON THE “TARTAR” 234 XIII. WITH NELSON 250 XIV. THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE 264 XV. ESCAPED 284 XVI. A DARING EXPLOIT 300 XVII. ON BOARD THE “JASON” 321 XVIII. ST. VINCENT AND CAMPERDOWN 342 XIX. CONCLUSION 362 ILLUSTRATIONS