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Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
THE GREAT WHITE HAND
OR
THE TIGER OF CAWNPORE
THE
GREAT WHITE HAND
OR
THE TIGER OF CAWNPORE
A Story of the Indian Mutiny
By
J. E. MUDDOCK
Author of
“Maid Marian and Robin Hood;” “The Dead Man’s Secret;” “Stories Weird
and Wonderful;” “Stormlight;” “For God and the Czar;” “Only a
Woman’s Heart;” “From the Bosom of the Deep;” “Basile the
Jester;” “Stripped of the Tinsel;” “The Star of Fortune;” &c.
LONDON
Hutchinson & Co.
34 Paternoster Row, E.C.
1896
To the Memory of
MY FATHER
A true gentleman, brave, upright, faithful; who after many long
yearsof devotion to duty in India—and when on the eve of
returning to hisnative land—sank very suddenly to his
eternal rest in March, 1861, andsleeps “Till the
day break,” in The Circular Road Cemetery,
Calcutta, Idedicate this book.
CONTENTS
| Chap. | Page | |
| PREFACE | ix | |
| I. | THE RISING OF THE STORM | 1 |
| II. | THE MYSTERY OF THE CHUPATTIES | 13 |
| III. | THE STORM BREAKS | 23 |
| IV. | THE PALACE OF THE MOGUL | 36 |
| V. | THE TREACHERY OF THE KING | 48 |
| VI. | HEROIC DEFENCE OF THE MAGAZINE | 56 |
| VII. | HAIDEE AND HER WRONGS | 65 |
| VIII. | A PERILOUS MISSION | 74 |
| IX. | HOPES AND FEARS | 85 |
| X. | A NARROW ESCAPE | 97 |
| XI. | STARTLING NEWS | 108 |
| XII. | WAKING DREAMS | 120 |