THE GIRL'S OWNPAPER
| Vol. XX.—No. 988.] | DECEMBER 3, 1898. | [Price One Penny. |
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"OUR HERO."
VARIETIES.
BURNT WOOD DRAWING.
ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE.
SOME PRACTICAL HINTS ON COSMETIC MEDICINE.
ANGELIE.
"SISTER WARWICK": A STORY OF INFLUENCE.
THREE SOUPS.
THE RULES OF SOCIETY.
LETTERS FROM A LAWYER.
CHINA MARKS.
NEIGHBOURS.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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"OUR HERO."
A TALE OF THE FRANCO-ENGLISH WAR NINETY YEARS AGO.
By AGNES GIBERNE, Author of "Sun, Moon and Stars," "The Girl at the Dower House," etc.
CHAPTER X.
Littlerestcouldbe allowedin thosedaysto England'smostgallantsons.Moorehad ashorttimewiththosewhomhe loved best—with the mother especially,who was more to him than all the worldbeside—and again he was called away.In this year, 1797, a French invasionwas already looked for, and he had togo, with an engineer officer, to surveythe eastern coast, and to decide on preparationsfor such an invasion. Afterwhich he was despatched against Irishrebels in our unquiet sister-isle, thereto be once more laid low with a severeillness.
Despite this attack he made himselfso invaluable to the Lord-Lieutenant,Earl Cornwallis, one of his many personalfriends, that when needed on the Continentby Sir Ralph Abercrombie, he couldnot at once be ordered thither. However,the need for his services becameurgent, and English ministers appealedto Cornwallis, whose reply was:—
"I am sure you know me too well tosuspect that any selfish considerationcan weigh a moment with me against the