Illustrated By Henry Hutt

A. J. Drexel Biddle

1902

TO

MRS. A. J. DREXEL BIDDLE

THIS VOLUME

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED


CONTENTS

[ PREFACE ]

[ PEGGY O'NEAL ]

[ CHAPTER I—THE LUSTROUS PEG O'NEAL ]

[ CHAPTER II—PORT WINE DUFF AND PIGEON-BREAST ]

[ CHAPTER III—PEG'S MEETING WITH THE MAJOR ]

[ CHAPTER IV—THE JEW AND HIS SPANISH SWORD ]

[ CHAPTER V—REVEREND CAMPBELL AND THE MAGPIE ]

[ CHAPTER VI—THE STORM GATHERS AGAINST PEG ]

[ CHAPTER VII—THE SECRETARY, SUAVE AS CREAM. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII—THE MAD CAPRICIOUS PEG ]

[ CHAPTER IX—THE GENERAL SELECTS HIS SUCCESSOR. ]

[ CHAPTER X—THE MAJOR AND PEG AT CROSSES ]

[ CHAPTER XI—THE GENERAL MAKES PROVERBS ]

[ CHAPTER XII—HOW PEG WOULD WEAR THE CORAL. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII—THE SON OF THE SPANISH BULL-FIGHTER ]

[ CHAPTER XIV.—THE FEDERAL UNION: IT MUST BE PRESERVED. ]

[ CHAPTER XV—HOW PEG WAS SAVED FROM PEG. ]

[ CHAPTER XVI.—LOVE'S FUNERAL IN THE SNOW. ]