قراءة كتاب The Lost Despatch
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THE LOST
DESPATCH
BY
NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN
AUTHOR OF "THE TREVOR CASE"
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 |