Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE KING'S ARROW

A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists

by

H. A. CODY

Author of "The Frontiersman," "The Long Patrol," "Glen of the High North," "Jess of the Rebel Trail," etc.

McClelland and Stewart Publishers Toronto George H. Doran Company

1922,

To

MY ANCESTORS OF THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS

Who Came to the St. John River, May, 1783,

This Book is Gratefully Dedicated

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I WHEN THE CANNON ROARED
II "COME AND TAKE IT"
III CUPID'S ARROW
IV THE WARNING
V "TRY IT"
VI WHEN THE BOW-STRING TWANGED
VII OUT OF THE STORM
VIII BENEATH THE SPREADING MAPLE
IX LOVE'S CHARM
X WHILE THE WATER FLOWS
XI THE SUMMONS
XII PLOTTERS IN COUNCIL
XIII THE KING'S RANGERS
XIV WHERE THE RANGERS LED
XV THE LINE IN THE SAND
XVI UNDER COVER OF NIGHT
XVII THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY
XVIII LOYAL FRIENDS
XIX THE SMOKE SIGNAL
XX TEMPERED PUNISHMENT
XXI THROUGH THE WILDERNESS
XXII IN DESPERATE STRAITS
XXIII SIX CANDLES AND ONE
XXIV TIMON OF THE WILDERNESS
XXV UNMASKED
XXVI BEHIND THE BOLTED DOOR
XXVII THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THE STORM
XXVIII WITHIN THE LONE CABIN
XXIX SHELTERING ARMS
XXX THE ROUND-UP
XXXI PEACE AT EVENING TIME
XXXII AFTER MANY DAYS
XXXIII SEEDS OF EMPIRE

THE LOYALISTS

(1783)

"Broad lands, ancestral homes, the gathered wealth
Of patient toil and self-denying years
Were confiscate and lost. . . .
Not drooping like poor fugitives they came
In exodus to our Canadian wilds,
But full of heart and hope, with heads erect,
And fearless eyes, victorious in defeat."

WILLIAM KIRBY

"No one will know, because none has told, all that those brave pioneers underwent for their devotion and fidelity. You will see to-day on the outskirts of the older settlements little mounds, moss-covered tombstones which record the last resting-places of the forefathers of the hamlet. They do not tell you of the brave hearts laid low by hunger and exposure, of the girlish forms washed away, of the babes and little children who perished for want of proper food and raiment. They have nothing to tell of the courageous, high-minded mothers, wives and daughters, who bore themselves as bravely as men, complaining never, toiling with men in the fields, banishing all regrets for the life they might have led had they sacrificed their loyalty. . . . No great monument is raised to their memory; none is needed; it is enshrined forever in the hearts of every Canadian and of every one who admires fidelity to principle, devotion and self-sacrifice."

"_Romance of Canada_," BECKLES H. WILLSON

THE KING'S ARROW