H. R. G.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Governor’s Commission | [9] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Of the Scarlet Snow | [20] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Trial | [32] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| How I Cast the Knife | [41] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Of the Stone by the Brook | [51] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Lucille | [63] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Of the Horseman on the Beach | [72] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The Battle at the Fort | [82] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| How the French Took Pemaquid | [96] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| The Man at the Inn | [111] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| A Man and His Wife | [123] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| The Time of Peril | [130] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| In Salem Gaol | [140] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| A Sentence of Death | [150] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Peine Forte et Dure | [161] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| How We Broke Gaol | [172] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| The News Nanette Brought Me | [183] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| How the Eagle Sailed | [192] |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| How I Found Lucille | [204] |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| A Watch in the Night | [216] |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| Of the Voyage of Lucille | [227] |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| A Duel on the Sands | [240] |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| Shadows in the Night | [256] |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| How Simon Kept His Oath | [267] |
| CHAPTER XXV. | |
| In the Name of the King | [282] |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | |
| The Last Fight | [294] |
| CHAPTER XXVII. | |
| Simon | [306] |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. | |
| The End of Captain Amherst | [316] |
| CHAPTER XXIX. | |
| An Order from the King | [328] |
| CHAPTER XXX. | |
| Love, Honor and Obey | [338] |
WITH FORCE AND ARMS.
CHAPTER I.
THE GOVERNOR’S COMMISSION.
As I left the presence of His Excellency I encountered, in the doorway, a man who was entering with every appearance of haste. We came against each other full tilt. For the moment the shock threw us apart.
“Zounds! But you are a clumsy fellow!” he exclaimed, limping toward me, the expression of pain on his face showing that I must have hurt him. “Could you not look whither you were going? You stepped on my foot like a very horse,” and the words came testily.
He scowled as he prepared to pass by me.