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The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars

The Deserter, and Other Stories: A Book of Two Wars

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THE DESERTER
AND OTHER STORIES



A Book of Two Wars




BY

HAROLD FREDERIC



AUTHOR OF "IN THE VALLEY," "SETH'S BROTHER'S WIFE," "THE COPPERHEAD," ETC.



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

MERRILL, SANDHAM, GILBERT GAUL AND GEORGE FOSTER BARNES



BOSTON
LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY

Copyright, 1898,
by
Lothrop Publishing Company.

All rights reserved.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
THE DESERTER.
I. Discoveries in the Barn 3
II. A Sudden Departure 20
III. Father and Son 42
IV. The "Meanest Word" 60
V. The Deputy Marshal 80
VI. A Home in the Woods 98
VII. Another Chase after Mose 117
A DAY IN THE WILDERNESS.
I. The Valley of Death 139
II. Lafe reconnoitres the Valley 157
III. The Bounty-Jumper 177
IV. Red Pete in Captivity 198
V. Lafe rescues an Officer, and finds his Cousin 216
HOW DICKON CAME BY HIS NAME.
I. The Making of a Soldier 239
II. A Burst for Freedom 260
III. A Strange Christmas Eve 279
IV. Up in the World 299
WHERE AVON INTO SEVERN FLOWS.
I. Hugh the Writer 319
II. Sir Hereward's Ring 350
III. How Hugh met the Prince 381

ILLUSTRATIONS.

"'I'll unlock it bimeby—maybe'" Frontispiece
  PAGE
"'Sh-h! Talk Lower!'" 27
"'Gimme that Gun!'" 61
"'Drop it—you!'" 175
Lafe and the Bounty-Jumper 195
"'I'm Steve Hornbeck's Son!'" 231
"Sir Watty came stalking down" 249
"'Whose Blood is this?'" 285
"He advanced and kissed the Lady's Hand"

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