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SPECIAL MESSENGER


Works of Robert W. Chambers

Special Messenger
The Firing Line Iole
The Younger Set The Reckoning
The Fighting Chance The Maid-at-Arms
Some Ladies in Haste Cardigan
The Tree of Heaven The Haunts of Men
The Tracer of Lost Persons The Mystery of Choice
A Young Man in a Hurry The Cambric Mask
Lorraine A Maker of Moons
Maids of Paradise The King in Yellow
Ashes of Empire In Search of the Unknown
The Red Republic The Conspirators
Outsiders A King and a Few Dukes
In the Quarter

For Children
Garden-Land Mountain-Land
Forest-Land Orchard-Land
River-Land Outdoorland

"Daintily her handsome horse set foot in the water." Page 131.
“Daintily her handsome horse set foot in the water.” Page 131.


 

SPECIAL

MESSENGER

By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

NEW YORK MCMIX

 


Copyright, 1909, by
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS


Copyright, 1904, 1905, by Harper and Brothers


Copyright, 1908, by P F Collier & Son


Copyright, 1908, by The Curtis Publishing Company

Published, March, 1909


TO
GEORGE F. D. TRASK

IN MEMORY OF
OUR FIRST MARTIAL EXPLOITS
IN THE NURSERY


Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.—Psalm lx, 4.


PREFACE

In the personality and exploits of the “Special Messenger,” the author has been assured that a celebrated historical character is recognizable—Miss Boyd, the famous Confederate scout and spy.

It is not uncommon that the readers of a book know more about that book than the author.

R. W. C.


CONTENTS


PART ONE
WHAT SHE WAS
I. Noncombatants 3

PART TWO
WHAT SHE BECAME
II. Special Messenger 39
III. Absolution 67
IV. Romance 99
V. Red Ferry 127
VI. An Air-Line 157
VII. The Pass 192
VIII. Ever After 223

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


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“Daintily her handsome horse set foot in the water.” Frontispiece
“‘They seem to be allfired sure of us.’” 78
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