At the Point of the Sword

by Herbert Hayens

[Frontispiece: "In a short time they had bound our arms tightly with strips of hide.">[

[Transcriber's note: frontispiece missing from book.]

At the Point of the Sword

A Story for Boys

By
HERBERT HAYENS

Author of "Ye Mariners of England," "Under the Lone Star,"
"For the Colours," "A Captain of Irregulars,"
"In the Grip of the Spaniard,"
&c., &c.

THOMAS NELSON & SONS, LTD.
LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK
1903

CONTENTS.

I.	[A BIRTHDAY EVE]
II.	[AN EXCITING VOYAGE]
III.	[THE END OF THE "AGUILA"]
IV.	[THE SILVER KEY]
V.	[IN THE HIDDEN VALLEY]
VI.	[WE LEAVE THE HIDDEN VALLEY]
VII.	[WHOM THE GODS LOVE DIE YOUNG]
VIII.	[A FRIENDLY OPPONENT]
IX.	[A GLEAM OF HOPE]
X.	[A STORMY INTERVIEW]
XI.	[A NARROW ESCAPE]
XII.	[A STERN PURSUIT]
XIII.	[HOME AGAIN]
XIV.	[FRIEND OR FOE?]
XV.	[WE CATCH A TARTAR]
XVI.	[GLORIOUS NEWS]
XVII.	[DUTY FIRST]
XVIII.	[DARK DAYS]
XIX.	[FALSE PLAY, OR NOT?]
XX.	["SAVE HIM, JUAN, SAVE HIM!"]
XXI.	[ROUGH JUSTICE]
XXII.	[THE "SILVER KEY" AGAIN]
XXIII.	[AN OPEN-AIR PRISON]
XXIV.	[A DANGEROUS JOURNEY]
XXV.	[BACK TO DUTY]
XXVI.	[THE HUSSARS OF JUNIN]
XXVII.	[A DISASTROUS RETREAT]
XXVIII.	[THE BATTLE OF THE GENERALS]
XXIX.	[HOME AGAIN]