¶Not in Sadleir; Wolff 1146. An army officer, George Kerr, marries a young Spanish girl, and attempts suicide after assaulting his wife. When the gun fails to fire, he then fakes his own death by drowning & travels to South America. After serving in the Confederate Army, he returns to find he has a son. The author served in India & in the Royal Engineers Militia, later becoming a newspaper proprietor in Liverpool. He subsequently wrote many successful novels in partnership with his wife Agnes.