Henty George Alfred. With the Allies to Pekin: A Tale of the Relief of the Legations
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. SCHOOL
CHAPTER II. THE BOXERS
CHAPTER III. IN DISGUISE
CHAPTER IV. A RESCUE
CHAPTER V. WITH SEYMOURʼS COLUMN
CHAPTER VI. IN PEKIN
CHAPTER VII. FORTIFYING THE LEGATIONS
CHAPTER VIII. A PERILOUS ADVENTURE
CHAPTER IX. IN THE ENEMYʼS CAMP
CHAPTER X. A MISSION
CHAPTER XI. THE FIGHT AT TIENTSIN
CHAPTER XII. DELAYS
CHAPTER XIII. CAPTURING THE TAKU FORTS
CHAPTER XIV. SURROUNDED
CHAPTER XV. RELIEF IN SIGHT
CHAPTER XVI. THE CAPTURE OF PEKIN
CHAPTER XVII. THE STORY OF THE SIEGE
CHAPTER XVIII. CONCLUSION
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“Well, Rex, how do you think you will like school?”
“I donʼt know very much about it yet, Uncle. You told me that I was to expect to be bothered and bullied a bit just at first, but it was not so bad as I supposed. I was asked a lot of questions, and when I said I had been taken to China when I was a year old and lived there ever since, they gave me the nickname of the Heathen Chinee at once. Of course I did not mind that at all. You told me that probably they would give me a nickname of some sort, and that was just as good as another. Anyhow, after the first two days they let me alone. I came off better than some of the other new boys, who got out of temper to begin with; so I expect it is all over as far as I am concerned now.”
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“There is the bell ringing, and I must run round to the boarding–house to get my books.”
Rex was extremely sorry when the last day of the term arrived and he had to say good–bye to his friends. Ah Lo, on the other hand, when he met him at the station, was in the highest spirits. He was delighted that he was henceforth always to be with his young master, and, though this was a minor consideration to him, he rejoiced at the thought that he was soon to return to his native land.
