"D'Artagnan ... touched the earth, moistened
with the evening dew, with the ends of his fingers,
crossed himself as if at the holy-water vessel of a
church, and retook alone—ever alone—the road to
Paris."
—The Viscount of Bragelonne.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER PAGE
Introduction[ ix]
I. A Lodge in the Wilderness [1]
II. "Over the Hills and Far Away"[ 21]
III. At the Sign of the George[ 50]
IV. Of a Broken Sabbath and Broken
Heads [ 72]
V. From Broadway to Bunker Hill [ 92]
VI. The Wind of Circumstance [ 118]
VII. The March through Maine [ 150]
VIII. Within the Walls of Quebec[ 175]
IX. The Incidents of a Snowy Night[201]
X. "By Flood and Field"[227]
XI. Three Whimsical Gentlemen and a
Beautiful Lady [ 257]
XII. The Devil to Pay at the Pelican Inn [ 288]
XIII. "Up and Down in London Town" [ 323]
XIV. "Fair Stood the Wind for France" [ 352]
XV. An Elopement from a Diligence [ 376]
XVI. Pastoral and Tragedy [ 401]
XVII. "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison
Make" [ 426]
XVIII. Dick Gives a Specimen of American
Shooting [ 452]
XIX. The Favor of a Prince [ 474]
XX. The Honor of a Lady-in-waiting [ 499]
XXI. "The Road to Paris"[ 524]