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Mitford Bertram. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley
Table of Contents
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Chapter One
Crossing the Durban Bar
Chapter Two
Strangers in a Strange Land
Chapter Three
A Friend
Chapter Four
John Dawes, Transport-Rider
Chapter Five
Anstey’s Store
Chapter Six
Gerard is Launched
Chapter Seven
Sobuza, the Zulu
Chapter Eight
Down
Chapter Nine
Up
Chapter Ten
A Piece of Zulu Jockeying
Chapter Eleven
A New Terror
Chapter Twelve
Mutiny
Chapter Thirteen
The Igazipuza
Chapter Fourteen
“The Lion’s Den.”
Chapter Fifteen
“The Tooth.”
Chapter Sixteen
The Attempted Escape
Chapter Seventeen
How Dawes Fared
Chapter Eighteen
How Gerard Fared
Chapter Nineteen
Between Two Perils
Chapter Twenty
An Error of Judgment
Chapter Twenty One
The King’s “Hunting-Dogs.”
Chapter Twenty Two
The Two Emissaries
Chapter Twenty Three
The Work of “Suppression.”
Chapter Twenty Four
The Last of the Freebooters
Chapter Twenty Five
The Last of all our Friends
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Bertram Mitford
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“So!” he said. “Yes, it’s always that way. Mosquitoes are always death on a new man out from home. They don’t think much of us old stagers when they can get fresh blood. But never mind. You’ll soon get used to that.”
