Ormond, Florida, Feb. 7, 1902.



CONTENTS

I.At the Telegraph [3]
II.The Government Interferes [21]
III.La Trappe [34]
IV.Prisoners [50]
V.The Immortals [65]
VI.The Game Begins [87]
VII.A Struggle Foreshadowed [110]
VIII.A Man to Let [136]
IX.The Road to Paradise [159]
X.The Town-Crier [171]
XI.In Camp [180]
XII.Jacqueline [195]
XIII.Friends [207]
XIV.The Path of the Lizard [229]
XV.Forewarned [253]
XVI.A Restless Man [265]
XVII.The Circus [280]
XVIII.A Guest-Chamber [303]
XIX.Trécourt Garden [318]
XX.The Semaphore [339]
XXI.Like Her Ancestors [353]
XXII.The Secret [381]

ILLUSTRATIONS

“‘LOOK THERE!' SHE CRIED, IN TERROR”[Frontispiece]
“‘ACROSS THAT MEADOW,' SAID THE YOUNG GIRL”[Facing p. 22]
“TO RIGHT AND LEFT, PRUSSIAN LANCERS WERE RIDING”[Facing p. 62]
“A COMPANY OF TURCOS CAME UP”[Facing p. 74]
“‘HALT! HALT!' HE SHOUTED”[Facing p. 84]
“EVERY BRIDGE WAS GUARDED”[Facing p. 124]
“SISTERS OF CHARITY WERE GIVING FIRST AID”[Facing p. 132]
“I WAS ON MY KNEES”[Facing p. 298]