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THE WIDOW; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A NIGHT. "I was quartered with my company of grenadiers at El Puerto, a wretched village in Andalusia; a poor place it was, that had been rifled by our foragers…
PEREZ, THE POTTER; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A NIGHT. "When Massena retired before the impetuous advance of Lord Wellington, and left behind the boasted lines of Torres Vedras, you may remember tha…
THE MAJOR'S STORY. On the Colonel concluding, there arose a contention between our surgeon, Mac Leechy, and the senior major, as to who should tell his story first; for "the steam" wa…
"ESTELLA." "I entered the service," quoth the Major, "when the Peninsular War was at its height, and my commission was signed by the first gentleman in Europe, then Prince R…
A LEGEND OF FIFE. I can only give you an old Scottish story of the last century, with the incidents of which I became familiar in my student days when attending the ancient university of St. Andrew&…
THE PHANTOM REGIMENT—THE QUARTERMASTER'S STORY. Though the continued march of intellect and education have nearly obliterated from the mind of the Scots a belief in the marvellous, still a love…
THE PHANTOM REGIMENT.—THE UNCO' QUEST. Although this strange old man baffled or parried every inquiry of Ewen as to whence he had come, and how and why he wore that antiquated uniform, on his m…
THE PHANTOM REGIMENT—THE MIDNIGHT MARCH. This queer old fellow (continued the quartermaster) was always in a state of great excitement, and used an extra number of oaths, and mixed his grog more thi…
THE LAST OF DON FABRIQUE. A week or two after our return from Seville to Gibraltar, Jack Slingsby received a note from a Spanish officer, who commanded a detachment of the Grenadiers of Jaen, to the…
