Copyright, 1898,
by
Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| THE DESERTER. | ||
| I. | Discoveries in the Barn | [3] |
| II. | A Sudden Departure | [20] |
| III. | Father and Son | [42] |
| IV. | The "Meanest Word" | [60] |
| V. | The Deputy Marshal | [80] |
| VI. | A Home in the Woods | [98] |
| VII. | Another Chase after Mose | [117] |
| A DAY IN THE WILDERNESS. | ||
| I. | The Valley of Death | [139] |
| II. | Lafe reconnoitres the Valley | [157] |
| III. | The Bounty-Jumper | [177] |
| IV. | Red Pete in Captivity | [198] |
| V. | Lafe rescues an Officer, and finds his Cousin | [216] |
| HOW DICKON CAME BY HIS NAME. | ||
| I. | The Making of a Soldier | [239] |
| II. | A Burst for Freedom | [260] |
| III. | A Strange Christmas Eve | [279] |
| IV. | Up in the World | [299] |
| WHERE AVON INTO SEVERN FLOWS. | ||
| I. | Hugh the Writer | [319] |
| II. | Sir Hereward's Ring | [350] |
| III. | How Hugh met the Prince | [381] |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| "'I'll unlock it bimeby—maybe'" | [Frontispiece] |
| PAGE | |
| "'Sh-h! Talk Lower!'" | [27] |
| "'Gimme that Gun!'" | [61] |
| "'Drop it—you!'" | [175] |
| Lafe and the Bounty-Jumper | [195] |
| "'I'm Steve Hornbeck's Son!'" | [231] |
| "Sir Watty came stalking down" | [249] |
| "'Whose Blood is this?'" | [285] |
| "He advanced and kissed the Lady's Hand" | [357] |
| "Two Dozen Pike-Heads clashed down as by a Single Touch" | [385] |
THE DESERTER.