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The Lost Despatch

The Lost Despatch

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THE LOST
DESPATCH


BY

NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN

AUTHOR OF "THE TREVOR CASE"

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ILLUSTRATED


NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1913

Copyright, 1913, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

TO
A GALLANT SOLDIER OF THE UNION
BRIGADIER-GENERAL
SUMNER H. LINCOLN
U.S. ARMY
WHO FOUGHT IN TWO WARS UNDER THE FLAG
THIS NOVEL OF 1865 IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED


"Love rules the court, the camp, the grove

And men below, and saints above."

Sir Walter Scott.


CONTENTS

Chapter   Page
I. The Pigeon's Flight 1
II. Brains vs. Brawn 8
III. A Knot of Ribbon Blue 19
IV. Banquo's Ghost 30
V. A Scrap of Paper 46
VI. The Signal Light 51
VII. The Mischances of a Night 57
VIII. A Voice from the Past 64
IX. Outwitted 75
X. The Fortunes of War 87
XI. Who Laughs Last 95
XII. The Fight at the Ford 112
XIII. For the Cause 120
XIV. When Tragedy Grins 134
XV. Nemesis 144
XVI. A Tangled Skein 161
XVII. In Close Confinement 168
XVIII. When Doctors Disagree 176
XIX. Groping in the Dark 186
XX. The Turning Point 197
XXI. The Trial 210
XXII. Weaving the Web 229
XXIII. Sensational Evidence 245
XXIV. A Startling Discovery 257
XXV. A Thunderbolt 268
XXVI. By a Hair's Breadth

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