Gettysburg, Penna., 6 June '10.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.—The Governor's Niece[13]
II.—Sir Edward Parkington[24]
III.—The Races[33]
IV.—The Marburys[46]
V.—Hedgely Hall and Marbury, Senior[59]
VI.—The Mistake[73]
VII.—Sir Edward Lays Plans[88]
VIII.—The Meaning of a Shrug[104]
IX.—The Surprise[122]
X.—The Defeat[141]
XI.—The Key[160]
XII.—Maynadier's Dream[178]
XIII.—The Campaigns[196]
XIV.—Guilty and Not Guilty[212]
XV.—Long-Sword Again[233]
XVI.—The Crescent and the Star[253]
XVII.—A Letter and a Confession[271]
XVIII.—The Broken Rendezvous[289]
XIX.—Arraigned[304]
XX.—The Penalty of a Birth-Mark[320]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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"MISS STIRLING, IS SIR EDWARD DANGEROUS, AS WELL AS FASCINATING, OR SIMPLY FASCINATING?" ASKED MISS MARBURY[Frontispiece]
"IT IS A QUEER TRADE, MONSIEUR, THIS OF A PIRATE," HE SAID[144]
"WHAT WERE YOU AND SIR EDWARD TALKING ABOUT LAST NIGHT?" HE ASKED[306]