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I. GABRIEL AND RUFUS 11

II. THE PURSUIT 28

III. RECRUITS 47

IV. DISAPPOINTMENT 67

V. BARFIELD’S CAMP 87

VI. THE RESCUE 103

VII. NELSON’S FERRY 121

VIII. THE PRISONERS 140

IX. A TRAP 159

X. AN ODD BATTLE 179

XI. OUR RETREAT 198

XII. A MYSTERIOUS ESCAPE 217

XIII. THE SEARCH FOR THE TRAITOR 236

XIV. A QUEER MESSAGE 254

XV. ROWE’S SMITHY 273

XVI. A SKIRMISH IN THE DARK 292

XVII. SETH HASTINGS ONCE MORE 310

XVIII. MANŒUVRING FOR POSITION 326

XIX. A DASTARDLY BLOW 344

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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“‘I WILL TAKE YOUR LIFE AS FORFEIT FOR TREACHERY!’”
(_See page 281_) _Frontispiece_

“‘FIVE MINUTES LONGER AND WE SHALL BE OUT OF RANGE!’” 32

“‘DISMOUNT AND THROW DOWN YOUR WEAPONS!’” 80

“IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR SETH HASTINGS, I SHOULD
HAVE CONSIDERED MYSELF EXCEEDINGLY FORTUNATE” 112

“‘I PROPOSE THAT WE HALT HERE’” 123

“THEN WE SAW COMING THROUGH THE AVENUE OF
TREES OUR ‘SWAMP FOX’” 196

“‘ARE YOU MASTER DAVIS’S DAUGHTER?’” 265

“‘AND WE ARE TO LEAVE ALL THESE CAMP EQUIPMENTS?’” 314