The Dash for Khartoum

The Dash for Khartoum, by
George Alfred Henty

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Title: The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition
Author: George Alfred Henty
Illustrator: Joseph Nash John Schönberg
Release Date: July 2, 2007 [EBook #21986]
Language: English
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THE DASH FOR KHARTOUM:
A TALE OF THE NILE EXPEDITION.
BY
G. A. HENTY,
Author of "With Clive in India;" "True to the Old Flag;" "Bonnie
Prince Charlie;" "By Sheer Pluck;" "Facing Death;" "One of the 28th;"
&c.
WITH TEN PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOSEPH NASH, R.I. AND
JOHN SCHÖNBERG.
LONDON:
BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED, 49 OLD BAILEY, E.C. GLASGOW,
EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN.

MR. HENTY'S HISTORICAL TALES.
Crown 8vo, Cloth elegant, Olivine edges. Each Book is beautifully
Illustrated.
THE CAT OF BUBASTES: A Story of Ancient Egypt. 5s. THE
YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN: A Story of the Times of Hannibal. 6s.
FOR THE TEMPLE: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem. 6s. BERIC THE
BRITON: A Story of the Roman Invasion. 6s. THE LION OF ST.
MARK: A Story of Venice in the 14th Century. 6s. THE LION OF
THE NORTH: A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus. 6s. THE DRAGON
AND THE RAVEN: Or, The Days of King Alfred. 5s. IN
FREEDOM'S CAUSE: A Story of Wallace and Bruce. 6s. ST.
GEORGE FOR ENGLAND: A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers. 5s. BY
PIKE AND DYKE: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. 6s.
UNDER DRAKE'S FLAG: A Tale of the Spanish Main. 6s. ORANGE
AND GREEN: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick. 5s. BONNIE

PRINCE CHARLIE: A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden. 6s. THE
BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE: Or, With Peterborough in Spain. 5s. IN
THE REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution. 5s. WITH
WOLFE IN CANADA: Or, The Winning of a Continent. 6s. WITH
CLIVE IN INDIA: Or, The Beginnings of an Empire. 6s. TRUE TO
THE OLD FLAG: The American War of Independence. 6s. HELD
FAST FOR ENGLAND: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar. 5s. ONE OF
THE 28TH: A Story of Waterloo. 5s. IN GREEK WATERS: A Story
of the Grecian War. 6s. THROUGH THE FRAY: A Story of the
Luddite Riots. 6s. BY SHEER PLUCK: A Tale of the Ashanti War. 5s.
FOR NAME AND FAME: Or, Through Afghan Passes. 5s. WITH
LEE IN VIRGINIA: A Story of the American Civil War. 6s. THE
DASH FOR KHARTOUM: A Tale of the Nile Expedition. 6s.
CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST: A Story of Escape from Siberia. 5s.
LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LIMITED; GLASGOW AND
EDINBURGH.

PREFACE.
MY DEAR LADS,
The story of the Nile Expedition is so recent that no word of
introduction is necessary to the historical portion of the tale. The moral,
such as it is, of the story of the two lads brought up as brothers
is--Never act in haste, for repentance is sure to follow. In this case great
anxiety and unhappiness were caused through a lad acting as he
believed for the best, but without consulting those who had every right
to a voice in the matter. That all came right in the end in no way affects
this excellent rule, for all might have gone wrong. We are often misled
by a generous impulse, more often perhaps than by an evil one, but the
consequences may be just as serious in the one case as the other. When
in trouble you should always go freely to your best friends and natural
advisers, and lay the case fully before them. It may be that, if the
trouble has arisen from your own fault, you will have to bear their
temporary displeasure, but this is a small thing in comparison with the

permanent injury that may arise from acting on your own impulse. In
most cases, cowardice lies at the bottom of concealment, and cowardice
is of all vices the most contemptible; while the fear of the displeasure
of a parent has ruined many a boy's life. Therefore, when you are in
serious trouble always go to your best friend, your father, and lay the
case frankly and honestly before him; for you may be sure that present
displeasure and even punishment are but small things in comparison
with the trouble that may arise from trying to get