CHAPTER I.PAGE
A Britisher's Threat[1]
CHAPTER II.
The Tory's Purpose[25]
CHAPTER III.
A Desperate Venture[50]
CHAPTER IV.
The Struggle[74]
CHAPTER V.
Sarah Dillard[99]
CHAPTER VI.
Greene's Spring[123]
CHAPTER VII.
At Watuga[149]
CHAPTER VIII.
The Prisoner[174]
CHAPTER IX.
King's Mountain[200]
CHAPTER X.
A Hot Chase[214]
CHAPTER XI.
Success[238]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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"Wheel about, and march back to the house, or I shall shoot," said the Tory.[Frontispiece]
"You are grown timorous indeed, Evan, if you can imagine that noise to be caused by the Redcoats."[7]
"Take your hands off! I am not to be treated as a prisoner," Ephraim cried.[32]
Nathan did as his comrade suggested, and save for a slight creaking now and then, the work was carried on.[91]
The colt darted forward at full speed with Mrs. Dillard.[113]
Nathan and Evan crept within three feet of the Tory.[193]

SARAH DILLARD'S RIDE.

CHAPTER I.
A BRITISHER'S THREAT.