New York, May 26, 1904.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.— The Spy [ 1]
II.— The Household [ 24]
III.— The Coq d'Or [ 44]
IV.— Sunset and Dark [ 67]
V.— The Artillery Ball [ 97]
VI.— A Night and a Morning [ 127]
VII.— The Blue Fox [ 164]
VIII.— Destiny [ 188]
IX.— Into the North [ 212]
X.— Sermons in Stones [ 239]
XI.— The Test [ 266]
XII.— Thendara [ 289]
XIII.— Thendara no More [ 313]
XIV.— The Battle of Johnstown [ 336]
XV.— Butler's Ford [ 366]

TO MY FRIEND

J. HAMBLEN SEARS

WHOSE UNSELFISH FRIENDSHIP AND SOUND ADVICE

I ACKNOWLEDGE IN THIS

DEDICATION