Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia

by Mary Johnston

"WHY ARE YOU SO EAGER?" (Page 2)

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PRISONERS OF HOPE A Tale of Colonial Virginia BY MARY JOHNSTON AUTHOR OF "TO HAVE AND TO HOLD," "AUDREY," ETC. NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS

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COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY MARY JOHNSTON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINTH THOUSAND

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TO MY FATHER

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Contents

I		A SLOOP COMES IN	[1]
II		ITS CARGO	[15]
III		A COLONIAL DINNER PARTY	[27]
IV		THE BREAKING HEART	[40]
V		IN THE THREE-MILE FIELD	[50]
VI		THE HUT ON THE MARSH	[60]
VII		A MENDER OF NETS	[71]
VIII		THE NEW SECRETARY	[86]
IX		AN INTERRUPTED WOOING	[91]
X		LANDLESS PAYS THE PIPER	[100]
XI		LANDLESS BECOMES A CONSPIRATOR	[108]
XII		A DARK DEED	[117]
XIII		IN THE TOBACCO HOUSE	[129]
XIV		A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION	[137]
XV		THE WATERS OF CHESAPEAKE	[150]
XVI		THE FACE IN THE DARK	[162]
XVII		LANDLESS AND PATRICIA	[173]
XVIII		A CAPTURE	[185]
XIX		THE LIBRARY OF THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL	[193]
XX		WHEREIN THE PEACE PIPE IS SMOKED	[205]
XXI		THE DUEL	[219]
XXII		THE TOBACCO HOUSE AGAIN	[226]
XXIII		THE QUESTION	[239]
XXIV		A MESSAGE	[247]
XXV		THE ROAD TO PARADISE	[252]
XXVI		NIGHT	[267]
XXVII		MORNING	[273]
XXVIII		BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS	[282]
XXIX		THE BRIDGE OF ROCK	[295]
XXX		THE BACKWARD TRACK	[306]
XXXI		THE HUT IN THE CLEARING	[315]
XXXII		ATTACK	[326]
XXXIII		THE FALL OF THE LEAF	[335]
XXXIV		AN ACCIDENT	[343]
XXXV		THE BOAT THAT WAS NOT	[349]
XXXVI		THE LAST FIGHT	[357]
XXXVII		VALE	[369]

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