The Sword of Gideon

Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: https://books.google.com/books?id=vapMAAAAMAAJ The Quiver, Annual Volume, 1905; Published by Cassell and Company, Limited; London, Paris, New York & Melbourne : which includes THE SWORD OF GIDEON, a Serial Story By J. Bloundelle-Burton pp. 1, 114, 317, 363, 502, 552, 698, 744, 840, 993, 1031, 1175, 1226. Copyright, 1904, by John Bloundelle-Burton in the United States of America. All rights reserved.
VOLUNTEERS. From the Painting by Arthur J. Black. Exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1904.
Principal Contributors
Elizabeth Banks Katharine Tynan The Rev. John Watson, D.D. ( Ian Maclaren ) The Rev. R. F. Horton, D.D. D. L. Wookmer The Rev. Principal Forsyth, M.A., D.D. The Duke of Argyll The Rev. High Black, M.A. The Dean of Worcester The Bishop of Derry The Rev. J. H. Jowett, M.A. Raymond Blathwayt Fred E. Weatherly J. Bloundelle-Burton Richard Mudie-Smith, F.S.S. The Rev. F. B. Meyer, B.A. The Rev. Arthur Finlayson Guy Thorne Pastor Thomas Spurgeon Morice Gerard Dr. T. J. Macnamara, M.P. The Rev. H. B. Freeman, M.A. The Rev. R. J. Campbell, M.A. Ethel F. Heddle Sir Robert Anderson, K.C.B. The Rev. Mark Guy Pearse May Crommelin The Lord Bishop of Manchester Scott Graham Amy Le Feuvre The Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, etc. etc.
London, Paris, New York & Melbourne
SWORD OF GIDEON. THE Serial Story By J. Bloundelle-Burton pp. 1, 114, 317, 363, 502, 552, 698, 744, 840, 993, 1031, 1175, 1223. Illustrated by W. H. Margetson . Copyright, 1904, by John Bloundelle-Burton in the United States. All rights reserved .
To north and south and east and west horsemen were spurring fast on the evening of May 15th, 1702 (N.S.), while, as they rode through hamlets and villages, they heard behind them the bells of the churches beginning to ring many a joyous peal. Also, on looking back over their shoulders, they saw that already bonfires were being lit, and observed the smoke from them curling up into the soft evening air of the springtime.