TALE OF THE AMERICAN INVASION OF CANADA IN 1775-76.

BY

JOHN LESPERANCE.

TORONTO:

BELFORD BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.

1877.

Entered according to the Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, by Belford Brothers, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture.

Toronto:

Williams, Sleeth & Macmillan, Printers,

124 Bay Street.

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.—THE GATHERING OF THE STORM.
CHAPTER
I.[—Blue Lights]
II.[—Beyond the River]
III.[—At the Chateau]
IV.[—In Cathedral Square]
V.[—Receiving Despatches]
VI.[—Pauline's Tears]
VII.[—Beautiful Rebel]
VIII.[—The Hermit of Montmorenci]
IX.[—The Wolf's Cry]
X.[—The Casket]
XI.[—The Spirit of the Waterfall]
XII.[—Three Rivers]
XIII.[—A Successful Mission]
XIV.[—Crossing the Boats]
XV.[—The Meeting of the Lovers]
XVI.[—The Round Table]
XVII.[—A Noble Reparation]
XVIII.[—Roderick Hardinge]
XIX.[—The Frightened Doves]
XX.[—The Spectral Army]
BOOK II.—THE THICKENING OF THE CLOUDS.
I.[—Zulma Sarpy]
II.[—Fast and Loose]
III.[—The Sheet-Iron Men]
IV.[—Birch and Maple]
V.[—On the Ramparts]
VI.[—The Flag of Truce]
VII.[—The Covered Bridge]
VIII.[—Cary Singleton]
IX.[—The Song of the Violin]
X.[—Blood Thicker than Water]
XI.[—Death in the Falls]
XII.[—Advice and Warning]
XIII.[—A Woman's Tactics]
XIV.[—The Romance of Love]
XV.[—On the High Road]
XVI.[—An Epic March]
XVII.[—O Gioventu Primavera Della Vita]
XVIII.[—Braiding St Catherine's Tresses]
XIX.[—Par Nobile]
BOOK III.—THE BURSTING OF THE TEMPEST.
I.[—Quebec in 1775-76]
II.[—Cary's Message]
III.[—The Unremembered Brave]
IV.[—Practical Love]
V.[—Zulma and Batoche]
VI.[—The Ball at the Castle]
VII.[—The Attack of the Masks]
VIII.[—Unconscious Greatness]
IX.[—Pauline's Development]
X.[—On the Citadel]
XI.[—Horseman and Amazon]
XII.[—Was it Design or Accident?]
XIII.[—The Intendant's Palace]
XIV.[—Little Blanche]
XV.[—In Batoche's Cabin]
XVI.[—A Painful Meeting]
XVII.[—Nisi Dominus]
XVIII.[—Last Days]
XIX.[—Près-de-Ville]
XX.[—Sault-au-Matelot]
BOOK IV.— AFTER THE STORM.
I.[—The Confessional]
II.[—Blanche's Prophecy]
III.[—The Prophecy Fulfilled]
IV.[—Days of Suspense]
V.[—The Invalid]
VI.[—The Saving Stroke]
VII.[—Donald's Fate]
VIII.[—The Burdened Heart]
IX.[—Ebb and Flow]
X.[—On the Brink]
XI.[—In the Vale of the Shadow of Death]
XII.[—In the Fiery Furnace]
XIII.[—Roderick's Last Battle]
XIV.[—At Valcartier]
XV.[—Friendship Stronger than Love]
XVI.[—The Hour of Gloom]
XVII.[—The Great Retreat]
XVIII.[—Consummatum Est]
XIX.[—Final Quintet]