Produced by David Edwards, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Sir Toady Lion [Illustration: "AS THE HIGHLANDERS HAD CLUNG TO THE CAVALRY STIRRUPS AT BALACLAVA."] THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF SIR TOADY LION WITH THOSE OF GENERAL NAPOLEON SMITH AN IMPROVING HISTORY FOR OLD BOYS, YOUNG BOYS, GOOD BOYS, BAD BOYS, BIG BOYS, LITTLE BOYS, COW BOYS, AND TOM-BOYS BY S. R. CROCKETT AUTHOR of "SWEETHEART TRAVELLERS", "THE RAIDERS", &c. ILLUSTRATED BY GORDON BROWNE NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY Copyright, 1897 by Frederick A. Stokes Company [Illustration: TOO GOOD BOYS NOT ALLOWED TO READ THIS BOOK BY ORDER FIELD MARSHAL NAPOLEON SMITH] CONTENTS I. PRISSY, HUGH JOHN, AND SIR TOADY LION, II. THE GOSPEL OF DASHT-MEAN, III. HOW HUGH JOHN BECAME GENERAL NAPOLEON, IV. CASTLE PERILOUS, V. THE DECLARATION OF WAR, VI. FIRST BLOOD, VII. THE POOR WOUNDED HUSSAR, VIII. THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT, IX. PUT TO THE QUESTION, X. A SCOUTING ADVENTURE, XI. ENEMY'S COUNTRY, XII. MOBILISATION, XIII. THE ARMY OF WINDY STANDARD, XIV. THE BATTLE OF THE BLACK SHEDS, XV. TOADY LION PLAYS A FIRST LONE HAND, XVI. THE SMOUTCHY BOYS, XVII. BEFORE THE INQUISITION, XVIII. THE CASTLE DUNGEON, XIX. THE DROP OF WATER, XX. THE SECRET PASSAGE, XXI. THE RETURN FROM THE BASTILE, XXII. MUTINY IN THE CAMP, XXIII. CISSY CARTER, BOYS' GIRL, XXIV. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME--AND ENDS THERE, XXV. LOVE'S (VERY) YOUNG DREAM, XXVI. AN IMPERIAL BIRTHDAY, XXVII. THE BANTAM CHICKENS, XXVIII. THE GIPSY CAMP, XXIX. TOADY LION'S LITTLE WAYS, XXX. SAINT PRISSY, PEACEMAKER, XXXI. PRISSY'S PICNIC, XXXII. PLAN OF CAMPAIGN, XXXIII. TOADY LION'S SECOND LONE HAND, XXXIV. THE CROWNING MERCY, XXXV. PRISSY'S COMPROMISE, XXXVI. HUGH JOHN'S WAY-GOING, XXXVII. THE GOOD CONDUCT PRIZE, XXXVIII. HUGH JOHN'S BLIGHTED HEART, XXXIX. "GIRLS ARE FUNNY THINGS," ILLUSTRATIONS