1911
CONTENTS
[I. BETWEEN THE LINES.]
[II. AFTER THE DESPATCH-BEARER.]
[III. A FRIEND RATHER THAN AN ENEMY.]
[IV. THE COMING OF DAWN.]
[V. ACQUAINTANCES, NOT FRIENDS.]
[VI. A BOLD FRONT.]
[VII. A WOMAN'S PRISONER.]
[VIII. THE COMING OF THE ENEMY.]
[IX. IMPORTANT NEWS.]
[X. MISS WILLIFRED INTERVENES.]
[XI. THE RETURN OF LE GAIRE.]
[XII. AN ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE.]
[XIII. I MEET LE GAIRE.]
[XIV. ACROSS THE RIVER.]
[XV. I MEET AN EX-SLAVE.]
[XVI. A CALL TO DUTY.]
[XVII. BEGINNING THE NIGHT ADVENTURE.]
[XVIII. OVERHEARD CONVERSATION.]
[XIX. LE GAIRE FORCES A DECISION.]
[XX. WE ARRIVE AT A CRISIS.]
[XXI. WE CAPTURE THE HOUSE.]
[XXII. MISS WILLIFRED DECLARES HERSELF.]
[XXIII. THE CHALLENGE.]
[XXIV. I BECOME A FAMOUS SWORDSMAN.]
[XXV. THE END OF THE DUEL.]
[XXVI. MISS WILLIFRED SURPRISES US.]
[XXVII. THE BODY OF LE GAIRE.]
[XXVIII. I FORCE BILLIE TO LISTEN.]
[XXIX. THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.]
[XXX. UNDER NEW ORDERS.]
[XXXI. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF BILLIE.]
[XXXII. WE REPULSE THE ENEMY.]
[XXXIII. MISS BILLIE REAPPEARS.]
[XXXIV. HER STORY.]
[XXXV. THE DEAD MAN.]
[XXXVI. THE LAST STAND.]
[XXXVII. THE MYSTERY SOLVED.]
[XXXVIII. THE COMING OF THE NIGHT.]
ILLUSTRATIONS
- [She paused in the doorway, an exceedingly pretty picture.]
- ["I won't stand this! You're hiding something. Is this Yank anything to you?"]
- [I forced the door shut, and stood with my back against it,
the black muzzle of my Colt staring them in the eyes.]- ["I--I will listen," she said falteringly, "to all you have to say".]
- [We worked like fiends, firing as rapidly as we could lay hands to weapons.]
- [She paused in the doorway, an exceedingly pretty picture.]
- ["I won't stand this! You're hiding something. Is this Yank anything to you?"]
- [I forced the door shut, and stood with my
back against it,
the black muzzle of my Colt staring them in the eyes.] - ["I--I will listen," she said falteringly, "to all you have to say".]
- [We worked like fiends, firing as rapidly as we could lay hands to weapons.]