W. S. STACEY

NEW YORK

E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY

31 WEST-TWENTY-THIRD STREET

1896

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.OLD GRIZZLY[7]
II.STONEWALL JACKSON’S WAY[19]
III.THE BALLOON GOES UP[32]
IV.THE BALLOON COMES DOWN[49]
V.A FIRE-EATING COLONEL[64]
VI.A FREE BREAKFAST[74]
VII.NO. XX. COMPANY D OF THE ‘TRAILING TERRORS’[93]
VIII.A PAIR OF RELUCTANT RECRUITS[118]
IX.HOW GENERAL SHIELDS SENT A DESPATCH TO GENERAL FRÉMONT[131]
X.HOW THAT DESPATCH WAS INTERCEPTED[148]
XI.LUCIUS BRINGS THE BOAT ASHORE[158]
XII.A DUEL IN THE DARK[175]
XIII.HOW THE DESPATCH WAS BROUGHT TO STONEWALL JACKSON[199]
XIV.GRIZZLY IN THE TOILS[223]
XV.ANY PORT IN A STORM[239]
XVI.OLD GRIZZLY’S SACRIFICE[257]
XVII.WHAT CAME OF IT ALL[277]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page
Down came Ephraim’s rifle to the charge again[Frontispiece]
‘Hyar I am,’ said Ephraim[13]
Ephraim, his feet twined among the cordage, slowly mounted towards the network[61]
‘Upon my word, you are a nice young man,’ said the general[111]
A candle was burning on a table by the window[211]
‘Fire, boys! Fire!’[275]