Chapter I: Front Matter

Down came Ephraim’s rifle to the charge again.

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THE BLUE BALLOON
A TALE OF
THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY

BY

REGINALD HORSLEY

AUTHOR OF ‘THE YELLOW GOD;’ ETC.

WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
W. S. STACEY

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
31 WEST-TWENTY-THIRD STREET
1896

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. OLD GRIZZLY 7

II. STONEWALL JACKSON’S WAY 19

III. THE BALLOON GOES UP 32

IV. THE BALLOON COMES DOWN 49

V. A FIRE-EATING COLONEL 64

VI. A FREE BREAKFAST 74

VII. NO. XX. COMPANY D OF THE ‘TRAILING TERRORS’ 93

VIII. A PAIR OF RELUCTANT RECRUITS 118

IX. HOW GENERAL SHIELDS SENT A DESPATCH TO GENERAL FRÉMONT 131

X. HOW THAT DESPATCH WAS INTERCEPTED 148

XI. LUCIUS BRINGS THE BOAT ASHORE 158

XII. A DUEL IN THE DARK 175

XIII. HOW THE DESPATCH WAS BROUGHT TO STONEWALL JACKSON 199

XIV. GRIZZLY IN THE TOILS 223

XV. ANY PORT IN A STORM 239

XVI. OLD GRIZZLY’S SACRIFICE 257

XVII. WHAT CAME OF IT ALL 277

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Down came Ephraim’s rifle to the charge again _Frontispiece_

‘Hyar I am,’ said Ephraim 13

Ephraim, his feet twined among the cordage, slowly
mounted towards the network 61

‘Upon my word, you are a nice young man,’ said the
general 111

A candle was burning on a table by the window 211

‘Fire, boys! Fire!’ 275

THE BLUE BALLOON.