LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1905
FIRST EDITION . . _May_ 1904
Reprinted . . _June_ 1904
Reprinted . . _August_ 1904
Reprinted . . _November_ 1904
Reprinted . . _December_ 1904
Reprinted . . _The same month_
Reprinted . . _January_ 1905
_Copyright in the United
States of America by
Horace Annesley Vachell_
TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN
WHO HAVE STRIVEN:
TO THE STRONG
WHO HAVE ATTAINED THEIR GOAL,
TO THE WEAK
WHO HAVE MADE THE RUNNING FOR THE STRONG,
AND IN PARTICULAR TO THOSE
WHO HAVE CONFRONTED ILL-FORTUNE, ILL-HEALTH,
AND DISAPPOINTMENT
WITH FORTITUDE AND SERENITY,
I DEDICATE THIS
BOOK
_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_
A DRAMA IN SUNSHINE
JOHN CHARITY
THE PROCESSION OF LIFE
LIFE AND SPORT ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
THE SHADOWY THIRD
THE PINCH OF PROSPERITY
*PREFATORY NOTE*
It is likely that the brothers in this book will be recognised by some
readers who may indict the good taste of revealing a secret guarded
jealously during many years. To these let it be said that the brother
who attained to the highest honours and dignities of his profession
earnestly desired that the truth concerning certain incidents in his
earlier career should be told in a biography. A desire he was
constrained reluctantly to forego. The story of the Samphires satisfies
adequately enough the exigencies of a peculiar case. The many are not
concerned; the few will discern truth through the thin veil of fiction.
*CONTENTS*