Yule-Tide Yarns [Illustration: "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell." _Page 181._ ] Yule-Tide Yarns Edited by G. A. Henty With Forty-five Illustrations [Illustration] Longmans, Green, and Co. 39 Paternoster Row, London New York and Bombay 1899 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS PAGE CHÂTEAU AND SHIP. By G. A. HENTY 1 _Illustrated by_ GORDON BROWNE. ADVENTURES OF A NIGHT. By JOHN BLOUNDELLE-BURTON 54 _Illustrated by_ ENOCH WARD. AN OUTLAW'S FORTUNES. By W. C. WHISTLER 90 _Illustrated by_ J. FINNEMORE. "A FLIGHT FROM JUSTICE." By Lieut.-Col. PERCY GROVES 123 _Illustrated by_ J. B. GREENE. LONGITUDE TEN DEGREES. By ROBERT LEIGHTON 160 _Illustrated by_ W. S. STACEY. A SOLDIER'S VOW. By DAVID KER 193 _Illustrated by_ J. A. SYMINGTON. IN LUCK'S WAY. By FRED. WHISHAW 228 _Illustrated by_ R. WHEELWRIGHT. "SAMANA KAY." By HARRY COLLINGWOOD 268 _Illustrated by_ LANCELOT SPEED. "HARI RAM," THE DACOIT. By E. F. POLLARD 296 _Illustrated by_ F. FEELER. A JUNGLE DRAMA. By GEORGE MANVILLE FENN 332 _Illustrated by_ LANCELOT SPEED. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "The quartermaster fired his two pistols, and the man fell" _Frontispiece_ PAGE "The two valets had at night carried off his body" 4 "Lower your flag or I will sink you" 10 "It is I, Peter Vignerolles" 14 "Running forward, stepped into the water" 29 "Open the cover a little way to look at the compass" 36 "At them, lads" 39 "We buried them at the spot that we agreed on" 48 "Stab you under the shoulder in a dark alley" 61 "Kiss my hand--do something lover-like" 68 "I want your company" 74 "Fighting across the body of a third who lay prone and prostrate with Giles' foot upon his body" 83 "This is the son of your king. I charge you with his care" 96 "Master Peel," she cried; "the house is empty and all in disorder" 108 "I shouted, and tried to reach my dagger" 116 "I got a fair blow at him from aloft" 119 "Knocked him fairly off his legs" 131