| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Mr. Edward Colburne becomes acquainted with Miss LillieRavenel | [7] |
| II. | Miss Ravenel becomes acquainted with Lieutenant Colonel Carter | [19] |
| III. | Mr. Colburne takes a Segar with Lieutenant Colonel Carter | [34] |
| IV. | The Dramatic Personages go on a Picnic, and study the Ways of New Boston | [44] |
| V. | The Dramatic Personages get News from Bull Run | [59] |
| VI. | Mr. Colburne sees his Way clear to be a Soldier | [71] |
| VII. | Captain Colburne raises a Company, and Colonel Carter a Regiment | [84] |
| VIII. | The Brave bid "Good-by" to the Fair | [99] |
| IX. | From New Boston to New Orleans, viâ Fort Jackson | [112] |
| X. | The Ravenels find Captain Colburne in good Quarters | [125] |
| XI. | New Orleans Life and New Orleans Ladies | [142] |
| XII. | Colonel Carter befriends the Ravenels | [159] |
| XIII. | The Course of True Love begins to run rough | [175] |
| XIV. | Lillie chooses for herself | [191] |
| XV. | Lillie bids "Good-by" to the Lover whom she has chosenand to the Lover whom she would not choose | [203] |
| XVI. | Colonel Carter gains one Victory and Miss Ravenel another | [218] |
| XVII. | Colonel Carter is entirely victorious before he begins his Campaign | [232] |
| XVIII. | Doctor Ravenel commences the Reorganization of Southern Labor | [247] |
| XIX. | The Reorganization of Southern Labor is continued with Vigor | [261] |
| XX. | Captain Colburne marches and fights with Credit | [275] |
| XXI. | Captain Colburne has Occasion to see Life in a Hospital | [289] |
| XXII. | Captain Colburne re-enforces the Ravenels in Time toaid them in running away | [303] |
| XXIII. | Captain Colburne covers the Retreat of the SouthernLabor Organization | [319] |
| XXIV. | A desperate Attack and a successful Defense | [333] |
| XXV. | Domestic Happiness in spite of adverse Circumstances | [346] |
| XXVI. | Captain Colburne describes Camp and Field Life | [360] |
| XXVII. | Colonel Carter makes an Astronomical Expedition with a dangerous Fellow-traveler | [371] |
| XXVIII. | The Colonel continues to be led into Temptation | [385] |
| XXIX. | Lillie reaches the Apotheosis of Womanhood | [401] |
| XXX. | Colonel Carter commits his first ungentlemanly Action | [414] |
| XXXI. | A Torture which might have been spared | [427] |
| XXXII. | A most logical Conclusion | [440] |
| XXXIII. | Lillie devotes herself entirely to the Rising Generation | [459] |
| XXXIV. | Lillie's Attention is recalled to the Risen Generation | [473] |
| XXXV. | Captain Colburne as Mr. Colburne | [489] |
| XXXVI. | A Brace of Offers | [503] |
| XXXVII. | A Marriage | [517] |
MISS RAVENEL'S CONVERSION.
CHAPTER I. MR. EDWARD COLBURNE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH MISS LILLIE RAVENEL.
It was shortly after the capitulation of loyal Fort Sumter to rebellious South Carolina that Mr. Edward Colburne of New Boston made the acquaintance of Miss Lillie Ravenel of New Orleans.
An obscure American author remarks in one of his rejected articles, (which he had the kindness to read to me from the manuscript) that every great historical event reverberates in a very remarkable manner through the fortunes of a multitude of private and even secluded individuals. No volcanic eruption rends a mountain without stirring the existence of the mountain's mice. It was unquestionably the southern rebellion which brought Miss Ravenel and Mr. Colburne into interesting juxtaposition. But for this gigantic political upturning it is probable that the young lady would never have visited New Boston where the young gentleman then lived, or, visiting it and meeting him there, would have been a person of no necessary importance in his eyes. But how could a most loyal, warm-hearted youth fail to be interested in a pretty and intelligent girl who was exiled from her home because her father would not be a rebel?
New Boston, by the way, is the capital city of the little Yankee State of Barataria. I ask pardon for this geographical impertinence of introducing a seventh State into New England, and solemnly affirm that I do not mean to disturb thereby the congressional balance of the republic. I make the arrangement with no political object, but solely for my private convenience, so that I may tell my story freely without being accused of misrepresenting this private individual, or insulting that public functionary, or burlesquing any self-satisfied community. Like Sancho Panza's famous island of the same name, Barataria was surrounded by land, at least to a much greater extent than most islands.