"Colonel Putnam raises to the light of the first lantern a hairy, bushy object."—[See p. [50].]


CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I.]
[CHAPTER II.]
[CHAPTER III.]
[CHAPTER IV.]
[CHAPTER V.]
[CHAPTER VI.]
[CHAPTER VII.]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
[CHAPTER IX.]
[CHAPTER X.]
[CHAPTER XI.]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

"COLONEL PUTNAM RAISES TO THE LIGHT OF THE FIRST LANTERN A HAIRY, BUSHY OBJECT"[Frontispiece]
"THE VIRGINIANS KNEW A BRAVE MAN WHEN THEY SAW ONE"[8]
"THE WHOLE TROOP IS HURRIEDLY SADDLING"[70]
"THEN BATHES, WITH COLOGNE, THE WHITE TEMPLES AND SOFT, RIPPLING, SUNNY HAIR"[90]
"BACK COME THOSE DAREDEVILS OF STUART'S"[110]
"A CAVALRY ORDERLY MAKES HIS APPEARANCE AT THE DOOR"[136]
"THEN A YOUNG SOLDIER, IN HIS STAFF UNIFORM, TAKES THREE SPRINGING STEPS, AND IS AT HER SIDE"[172]
"DRAWS FORTH HER PRECIOUS PICTURE AND LAYS IT AT A RIVAL'S FEET"[194]