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Title: The Jungle GirlAuthor: Gordon CasserlyRelease Date: November 18, 2004 [eBook

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THE JUNGLE GIRL

BY GORDON CASSERLY

AUTHOR OF

THE ELEPHANT GOD

, ETC.NEW YORK1922

CONTENTS

CHAPTERI. THE GREY BOARII. YOUTH CALLS TO YOUTHIII. THE LOVE-SONG OF HAR DYALIV. A CROCODILE INTERVENESV. SENTENCE OF EXILEVI. A BORDER OUTPOSTVII. IN THE TERAI JUNGLEVIII. A GIRL OF THE FORESTIX. TIGER LANDX. A POLITICAL OFFICER IN THE MAKINGXI. TRAGEDYXII. "ROOTED IN DISHONOUR"XIII. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVEXIV. THE DEVIL DANCERS OF TUNAXV. A STRANGE RESCUE THE JUNGLE GIRL2

CHAPTER I

THE GREY BOAR

Youth's daring courage, manhood's fireFirm seat and eagle eyeMust he acquire who doth aspireTo see the grey boar die—

Indian Pigsticking Song

Mrs. Norton looked contentedly at her image in the long mirror which reflected a graceful figure in a well-cutgrey habit and smart long brown boots, a pretty face and wavy auburn hair under the sun-helmet. Then turningaway and picking up her whip she left the dressing-room and, passing the door of her husband's bedroomwhere he lay still sleeping, descended the broad marble staircase of the Residency to the lofty hall, where anIndian servant in a long red coat hurried to open the door of the dining-room for her.Almost at that moment a mile away Raymond, the adjutant of the 180th Punjaub Infantry, looked at his watchand called out loudly:"Hurry up, Wargrave; it's four o'clock and the ponies will be round in ten minutes. And it's a long ride to thePalace."He was seated at a table on the verandah of the bungalow which he shared with his brother subaltern in thesmall military cantonment near Rohar, the capital of the Native State of Mandha in the west of India. Dawnhad not yet come; and by the light of an oil lamp Raymond was eating a frugal breakfast of tea, toast and fruit,the

chota hazri

or light meal with which Europeans in the East begin the day. He was dressed in an oldshooting-jacket, breeches and boots; and as he ate his eyes turned frequently to a bundle of steel-headedbamboo spears leaning against the wall near him. For he and his companion were going as the guests of theMaharajah of Mandha for a day's pigsticking, as hunting the wild boar is termed in India.He had finished his meal and lit a cheroot before Wargrave came yawning on to the verandah."Sorry for being so lazy, old chap," said the newcomer. "But a year's leave in England gets one out of thehabit of early rising."He pulled up a chair to the table on which his white-clad Mussulman servant, who had come up the front stepsof the verandah, laid a tray with his tea and toast. And while he ate Raymond lay back smoking in a long chair