Chapter I: Front Matter

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Patroon Van Volkenberg

“HE WHEELED ROUND IN
AMAZEMENT AND DROPPED
THE GIRL’S HAND.”—_p. 23_
]

Patroon Van
Volkenberg

A Tale _of_ Old Manhattan in the Year
Sixteen Hundred & Ninety-nine.

BY
HENRY THEW STEPHENSON

ILLUSTRATED BY
C. M. REYLEA

FIFTH EDITION

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK

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COPYRIGHT, 1900

THE BOWEN-MERRILL COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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In memory of my aunt, MARY T. W. CURWEN, whose
kindness and care for many years has been greater
than my utmost gratitude and affection can express

Contents

I
The Flight from Paris 1

II
The Maid at the Mariner’s Rest 13

III
The Royal Lion 26

IV
The Buccaneer’s Gift 41

V
The Jacobite Coffee-House 54

VI
An Interview with the Earl 69

VII
Pierre’s Secret 80

VIII
Lady Marmaduke 93

IX
The Red Band at Drill 102

X
My First Commission 111

XI
The Escape from the Rattle-Watch 126

XII
Van Volkenberg’s Window 135

XIII
Van Volkenberg in Disgrace 144

XIV
Plotting without the Earl 154

XV
The Silver Buttons 171

XVI
Fire and Sleete and Candle Light 181

XVII
The Events of Next Day 196

XVIII
Another Secret Burial 214

XIX
I Meet the Patroon Again 233

XX
The Skeleton in the Patroon’s Closet 251

XXI
Meg’s Pleading 265

XXII
A Fruitless Resolution 277

XXIII
Van Volkenberg and the Earl 291

XXIV
Captain William Kidd 305

XXV
The Effect of Kidd’s Visit 315

XXVI
The Great Secret 331

XXVII
The Last of the Patroon 340

XXVIII
Conclusion 357

PATROON VAN VOLKENBERG