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Made in U. S. A.

New Edition, May, 1925

Electrotyped and Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.“You––You Simpleton!”[1]
II.Several People Have Troubles[12]
III.How Rodney and Angus Became Friends[19]
IV.Rodney’s Visit to Monticello[26]
V.A Plunge Into the Forest[36]
VI.A Wild Flight[48]
VII.Lisbeth Writes from London[57]
VIII.The Chief Who Demanded the Truth[64]
IX.A White Boy Adopted by the Indians[74]
X.Hating, but Waiting[80]
XI.Father Mourning for Son[89]
XII.In the Midst of Increasing Perils[95]
XIII.The Beginning of War[104]
XIV.Hornets With and Without Wings[112]
XV.A Welcome Voice[119]
XVI.Rodney Meets With Reverses[130]
XVII.Somewhat of a Mystery[142]
XVIII.Rodney Rides With Dispatches[153]
XIX.Rodney to the Rescue[165]
XX.Rallying Virginia’s Minute Men[176]
XXI.Virginians Learning to Shoot British Troops[184]
XXII.Rodney’s Sacrifice and His Mother’s[195]
XXIII.In the Thick of It[205]
XXIV.The Rangers Sent Against Burgoyne[218]
XXV.Put to the Test[228]
XXVI.Tricked, and by His Friend[240]
XXVII.A Blended Rose[249]
XXVIII.New Ventures With Old Acquaintances[256]
XXIX.What the Package Contained[271]
XXX.Rodney Rides With the Dragoons[280]
XXXI.Home Again[288]
XXXII.A Reward Greater Than Promotion[294]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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“That morning, a canoe containing two savages came up past him.”[Frontispiece]
“He rolled the dazed man on to his face and bound his arms behind his back.”[88]
“He seized the money and threw it in the Chevalier’s face.”[140]
“‘Say, you fellers as hev breeches ought ter bring us in a bite ter eat.’”[244]