[Illustration: cover art]

THE YOUNG CAVALIER

[Frontispiece: The next instant a pair of hands grasped the gunwale, and the dripping head of a man appeared over the side.]

THE
YOUNG CAVALIER

A STORY OF THE CIVIL WARS

BY

PERCY F. WESTERMAN

Author of "'Midst Arctic Perils," "Clinton's Quest"
"The Nameless Island," "The Young Cavalier"
"The Treasure of the Sacred Lake," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY GORDON BROWNE, R.I.