Contents

I How Fort Johnson Fell[ 7]
II How Tom Deering Made a Name[ 31]
III How the British Ships Ran From Charleston Harbor[ 57]
IV How Two Men Buried a Chest of Gold[ 84]
V How Tom Joined Marion’s Brigade[ 101]
VI How Francis Marion Heard Good News From Williamsburg [ 123]
VII How Tom Deering Fought With Gates at Camden[ 140]
VIII How Tom Braved the Tories[ 148]
IX How Tom Deering Held the Staircase[ 174]
X How Marion’s Men Lay in Ambush and What Came of It[ 200]
XI How Tom Met With a Blindfold Adventure[ 213]
XII How Tom Took Part in a Mysterious Consultation[ 245]
XIII How the Unexpected Happened on Christmas Eve[ 261]
XIV How the British Lost Some Prisoners[ 283]
XV How Tom Deering Fought His First Fight Upon the Sea[ 306]
XVI How Tom Deering Served With General Greene[ 322]
XVII How a Traitor to His Country was Taken and Lost[ 337]
XVIII How Tom Deering Rode With Washington at Yorktown[ 350]