Chapter I: Front Matter

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ANDE TREMBATH

To My Friend

THE RIGHT REV. CORTLANDT WHITEHEAD, S.T.D.
_Bishop of Pittsburgh_

In memory of pleasant hours spent together
at "Burgtown."

ANDE TREMBATH

A Tale of Old Cornwall England

by

MATT. STAN. KEMP

Author of "Boss Tom"

C. M. Clark Publishing Co., Inc. Boston, Mass., U.S.A. 1905

Copyright, 1905, by C. M. CLARK PUBLISHING CO., Inc. Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

Entered at Stationer's Hall, London Foreign Copyrights Secured

All Rights Reserved

Contents

_CHAPTERS_ PAGE

I A Calamity at the Manor 1

II The Son of a Traitor 16

III The Runaway 26

IV The Primrose Cottage and Tom Glaze 31

V "The Big Ha' Bible Ance His Father's Pride" 41

VI Squire and Parliamentarian 46

VII Tea-table Politics 55

VIII "Off With His Head" 66

IX The Village Stocks 73

X Reparation 77

XI Defeat of Bully Bob Sloan 87

XII Christmas and Christmas Play 98

XIII The Cornish Droll-teller 113

XIV St. George and Fair Sabra 123

XV The Helston Grammar School 135

XVI The Hurling Match 146

XVII The Smugglers' Battle 160

XVIII The Duck Cave Adventure 173

XIX Creakle's Revenge 185

XX Adrift On the Deep 197

XXI Around the Tavern's Flaming Grate 214

XXII The Lycamahoning 240

XXIII The Raft Pilot's Home 253

XXIV The Hunter of the Loop 261

XXV Eureka! The Eldorado! 266

XXVI The Rising 285

XXVII The Secret of the Snuff Box 293

XXVIII Misfortunes 313

XXIX Tom Glaze to the Rescue 327

XXX The Major's Home-Coming 334

XXXI Ande's Revenge 355

XXXII Christmas In the Old Hall 375

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Frontispiece _Ande Trembath_

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"There was a vision of a flying, athletic, youthful
form--clinging with the grip of a vice--" 27

"It's a compact, said the former" 54

"Yes, give three hoots for the red-'eaded Deane and all his
traitor hancestors" 89

"I am that Knight, said Ande, warmly" 128

"They say you are the son of a traitor" 189

"The old hunter straightened up as if shot, and gazed at them" 250

"Sweet bird of the wilderness, sweet is thy song" 302

"The door was opened, and the gleam of candle light shot
over all concerned" 332

"He opened his speech in clear, ringing tones" 364

ANDE TREMBATH