The Green Flag

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Green Flag, by Arthur Conan DoyleThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Green FlagAuthor: Arthur Conan DoyleRelease Date: December 13, 2003 [eBook #10446]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GREEN FLAG***E-text prepared by Lionel G. Sear of Truro, Cornwall, EnglandTHE GREEN FLAG.ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.CONTENTS.THE GREEN FLAG.CAPTAIN SHARKEY.THE CROXLEY MASTER.THE LORD OF CHATEAU NOIR.THE STRIPED CHEST.A SHADOW BEFORE.THE KING OF THE FOXES.THE THREE CORRESPONDENTS.THE NEW CATACOMB.THE DEBUT OF BIMBASHI JOYCE.A FOREIGN OFFICE ROMANCE.THE GREEN FLAGWhen Jack Conolly, of the Irish Shotgun Brigade, the Rory of the Hills Inner Circle, and the extreme left wing of the LandLeague, was incontinently shot by Sergeant Murdoch of the constabulary, in a little moonlight frolic near Kanturk, his twin-brother Dennis joined the British Army. The countryside had become too hot for him; and, as the seventy-five shillingswere wanting which might have carried him to America, he took the only way handy of getting himself out of the way.Seldom has Her Majesty had a less promising recruit, for his hot Celtic blood seethed with hatred against Britain and allthings British. The sergeant, however, ...