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Charles King

Cadet Days. A Story of West PointCharles King Cadet Days / A Story of West Point CHAPTER I "Pops, there's no use talking; we've simply got to send you to the Point.""I'm sure I wish you could, Colonel. Father's tried every way he could think of, but cadetships don't go a-begging – out here, at le...

A Trooper GalahadKing Charles A Trooper Galahad CHAPTER I "Life is full of ups and downs," mused the colonel, as he laid on the littered desk before him an official communication just received from Department Head-Quarters, "especially army life, – and more especially army life in Texas.""Now, wh...

Starlight Ranch, and Other Stories of Army Life on the FrontierKing Charles Starlight Ranch, and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier STARLIGHT RANCH We were crouching round the bivouac fire, for the night was chill, and we were yet high up along the summit of the great range. We had been s...

Kitty's ConquestCharles King Kitty's Conquest PREFACE The incidents of this little story occurred some twelve years ago, and it was then that the story was mainly written.If it meet with half the kindness bestowed upon his later work it will more than fulfil the hopes ofTHE AUTHOR. February, 1884...

Trumpeter Fred: A Story of the PlainsCharles King Trumpeter Fred: A Story of the Plains CHAPTER I. A DANGEROUS MISSION THERE were only thirty in all that night when the troop reached the Niobrara and unsaddled along the grassy banks. Rather slim numbers for the duty to be performed, and with the ...

Campaigning with Crook, and Stories of Army LifeKing Charles Campaigning with Crook, and Stories of Army Life PREFACE Ten years ago, at the request of the editor of a paper at my old home, these sketches of the Sioux Campaign of 1876 were written and, finding favor with comrades to whom a few wer...

A Soldier's Trial: An Episode of the Canteen CrusadeKing Charles A Soldier's Trial: An Episode of the Canteen Crusade CHAPTER I TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS The war with Spain was at an end, and so were the hopes and aspirations of many a warrior. For several reasons Colonel Ray of the – th Kentucky was a d...

Rancho Del Muerto and Other Stories of Adventure from «Outing» by Various AuthorsCharles King Rancho Del Muerto / and Other Stories of Adventure from «Outing» by Various Authors RANCHO DEL MUERTO, By Charles King, Capt. U. S. Army FIRST PART NO denying it – there was something uncanny about the p...

From School to Battle-field: A Story of the War DaysKing Charles From School to Battle-field: A Story of the War Days CHAPTER I "If there's anything I hate more than a rainy Saturday, call me a tadpole!" said the taller of two boys who, with their chins on their arms and their arms on the top of ...