| . | INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL NOTE. | [3] |
| I. | A RURAL SCENE IN 1780. | [5] |
| II. | THE PEDDLER. | [9] |
| III. | THE STRANGER’S WARNING AND THE PEDDLER’S RETURN. | [16] |
| IV. | CAPTAIN WHARTON’S CAPTURE. | [20] |
| V. | DUNWOODIE’S INVESTIGATION. | [25] |
| VI. | THE SKIRMISH AND ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN WHARTON. | [29] |
| VII. | DUNWOODIE’S TRAP AND THE RECAPTURE OF CAPTAIN WHARTON. | [35] |
| VIII. | THE PURSUIT.—BIRCH’S ESCAPE. | [39] |
| IX. | THE UNWELCOME VISITORS. | [42] |
| X. | A COLONIAL REPAST. | [48] |
| XI. | THE PEDDLER’S CAPTURE. | [50] |
| XII. | HOTEL FLANAGAN AND ITS INTRUDERS. | [54] |
| XIII. | THE SKINNERS’ REWARD. | [60] |
| XIV. | THE DOUBLE WARNING. | [64] |
| XV. | MISS WHARTON’S MARRIAGE INTERRUPTED. | [69] |
| XVI. | HELP WELL TIMED. | [72] |
| XVII. | CAPTAIN WHARTON’S TRIAL. | [77] |
| XVIII. | MR. HARPER IS SOUGHT BUT NOT FOUND. | [86] |
| XIX. | WHAT CAME OF A REVEREND GENTLEMAN’S VISIT TO
CAPTAIN WHARTON. | [92] |
| XX. | THE ALARM AND THE PURSUIT. | [100] |
| XXI. | FRANCES REMINDS MR. HARPER OF HIS PROMISE. | [105] |
| XXII. | DUNWOODIE GAINS HIS SUIT, AND CAPTAIN WHARTON HIS
FREEDOM. | [113] |
| XXIII. | WASHINGTON’S LAST MEETING WITH THE SPY. | [118] |
| XXIV. | DEATH OF THE SPY.—A REVELATION. | [123] |