True Stories of Girl Heroines

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The brave young wife rode forth at the head of her whole garrison [Frontispiece]
The first great stone leapt from her hand and went bounding and crashing upon the head of the foremost Moor To face p. [8]
The Commandant pulled her down beside him before it was too late " " [30]
"Is the chest to be examined before it goes on board?" " " [48]
With a beating heart Grizel tore open this bundle and looked at its contents " " [66]
He stopped short on seeing the Countess " " [125]
Suddenly, close above her, the steps came to a dead stop " " [145]
Theresa forgot everything in the sight of the child's peril. " " [183]
"Well, now, I did hear as young Charles Stuart himself was taken," answered the smith " " [193]
The men plunged down into the vault " " [218]
She set herself in their ranks, and went charging down the hill " " [237]
A wounded man half rose from the ground at their feet " " [270]
Bunyan looked down at her with rather a grim smile upon his face " " [283]
The Judge plucked his robe out of her detaining hand. " " [310]
"Dare to come one step nearer, and I fire" " " [335]
"The first man that touches him I'll kill!" cried Jessy " " [351]

INEZ ARROYA

"Mistress! my mistress! the Moriscos are upon us!"

Inez sprang to her feet, the rich southern blood receding for a moment from her cheek, as those words fell upon her ears—words of such fearful significance to the Christian inhabitants of the Moorish territory along the Sierra Nevada.