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  THE MASTER OF APPLEBY

  A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part withthe Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; butChiefly with the Adventures Therein of TwoGentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady

  by

  FRANCIS LYNDE

  Illustrations by T. de Thulstrup

  New YorkGrosset & DunlapPublishersCopyright 1902The Bowen-Merrill CompanyOctober

  TO Mr. Edward G. Richmond OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, WHOSE KINDNESS AND ENCOURAGEMENT MUST ALWAYS BE HELD IN LIVELY REMEMBRANCE BY THE AUTHOR THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED

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  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I I WHET MY FATHER'S SWORD 1

  II KNITS UP SOME BROKEN ENDS 15

  III MY ENEMY SCORES FIRST 25

  IV MAY BE PASSED OVER LIGHTLY 36

  V I LOST WHAT I HAD NEVER GAINED 47

  VI RED WRATH MAY HEAL A WOUND 60

  VII MY LADY HATH NO PART 75

  VIII I TASTE THE QUALITY OF MERCY 88

  IX A GOLDEN KEY UNLOCKED A DOOR 98

  X A FORLORN HOPE CAME TO GRIEF 107

  XI A LIE WAS MADE THE VERY TRUTH 114

  XII THE NEWS CAME TO UNWELCOME EARS 129

  XIII A PILGRIMAGE BEGINS 141

  XIV THE BARONET PLAYED ROUGE-ET-NOIR 150

  XV A HATCHET SINGS A MAN TO SLEEP 164

  XVI JENNIFER THREW A MAIN WITH DEATH 171

  XVII LOVE TOOK TOLL OF FRIENDSHIP 183

  XVIII WE HEAR NEWS FROM THE SOUTH 194

  XIX A STUMBLING HORSE BROUGHT TIDINGS 207

  XX WE STRIVE AS MEN TO RUN A RACE 217

  XXI WE KEPT LENTEN VIGILS IN TRINITYTIDE 228

  XXII THE FATES GAVE LARGESS OF DESPAIR 235

  XXIII WE KEPT THE FEAST OF BITTER HERBS 251

  XXIV WE FOUND THE SUNKEN VALLEY 259

  XXV UNCANOOLA TRAPPED THE GREAT BEAR 269

  XXVI THE CHARRED STICK FOR A GUIDE 279

  XXVII A KING'S TROOPER BECAME A WASTREL 287

  XXVIII I SADDLE THE BLACK MARE 296

  XXIX HAVING DANCED, WE PAY THE PIPER 309

  XXX EPHRAIM YATES PRAYED FOR HIS ENEMIES 324

  XXXI WE MAKE A FORCED MARCH 336

  XXXII I AM BEDDED IN A GARRET 351

  XXXIII I HEAR CHANCEFUL TIDINGS 361

  XXXIV I MET A GREAT LORD AS MAN TO MAN 369

  XXXV I FIGHT THE DEVIL WITH FIRE 376

  XXXVI I RODE POST ON THE KING'S BUSINESS 382

  XXXVII WHAT BEFELL AT KING'S CREEK 395

  XXXVIII WE FIND THE GUN-MAKER 412

  XXXIX THE THUNDER OF THE CAPTAINS 418

  XL VAE VICTIS 432

  XLI I PLAYED THE HOST AT MY OWN FIRESIDE 446

  XLII MY LORD HAS HIS MARCHING ORDERS 454

  XLIII I DRINK A DISH OF TEA 460

  XLIV WE COME TO THE BEGINNING OF THE END 470

  XLV WE FIND WHAT WE NEVER SOUGHT 480

  XLVI OUR PIECE MISSED FIRE AT HARNDON ACRES 488

  XLVII ARMS AND THE MAN 505

  XLVIII WE KEPT TRYST AT APPLEBY 517

  XLIX A LAWYER HATH HIS FEE 531

  L RICHARD COVERDALE'S DEBT WAS PAID 549

  LI THE GOOD CAUSE GAINS A CONVERT 562

  LII BRINGS US TO THE JOURNEY'S END 573