Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CAVALIER

BY

GEORGE W. CABLE

1901

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. She Wanted to Laugh
II. Lieutenant Ferry
III. She
IV. Three Days' Rations
V. Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty
VI. A Handsome Stranger
VII. A Plague on Names!
VIII. Another Curtained Wagon
IX. The Dandy's Task
X. The Soldier's Hour
XI. Captain Jewett
XII. In the General's Tent
XIII. Good-Bye, Dick
XIV. Coralie Rothvelt
XV. Venus and Mars
XVI. An Aching Conscience
XVII. Two Under One Hat-Brim
XVIII. The Jayhawkers
XIX. Asleep in the Death-Trap
XX. Charlotte Oliver
XXI. The Fight on the Bridge
XXII. We Speed a Parting Guest
XXIII. Ferry Talks of Charlotte
XXIV. A Million and a Half
XXV. A Quiet Ride
XXVI. A Salute Across the Dead-Line
XXVII. Some Fall, Some Plunge
XXVIII. Oldest Game on Earth
XXIX. A Gnawing in the Dark
XXX. Dignity and Impudence
XXXI. The Red Star's Warning
XXXII. A Martyr's Wrath
XXXIII. Torch and Sword
XXXIV. The Charge in the Lane
XXXV. Fallen Heroes
XXXVI. "Says Quinn, S'e"
XXXVII. A Horse! A Horse!
XXXVIII. "Bear a Message and a Token"
XXXIX. Charlotte Sings
XL. Harry Laughs
XLI. Unimportant and Confidential
XLII. "Can I Get There by Candle-Light?"
XLIII. "Yes, and Back Again"
XLIV. Charlotte in the Tents of the Foe
XLV. Stay Till To-Morrow
XLVI. The Dance at Gilmer's
XLVII. He's Dead--Is She Alive?
XLVIII. In the Hollow of His Right Arm
XLIX. A Cruel Book and a Fool or Two
L. The Bottom of the Whirlwind
LI. Under the Room Where Charlotte Lay
LII. Same Book and Light-Head Harry
LIII. "Captain, They've Got Us"
LIV. The Fight in the Doorway
LV. Rescue and Retreat
LVI. Hotel des Invalides
LVII. A Yes and a No
LVIII. The Upper Fork of the Road
LIX. Under Charlotte's Window
LX. Tidings
LXI. While Destiny Moved On
LXII. A Tarrying Bridegroom
LXIII. Something I Have Never Told Till Now
LXIV. By Twos. March

ILLUSTRATIONS

"Stand, gentlemen! Every man is covered by two!"

"I surrender," he said, with amiable ease

"Well, you _air_ in a hurry!"

With the rein dangling under the bits he went over the fence like a deer

Ferry saluted with his straight blade

"Don't you like him?" she asked, and tried to be very arch

Ferry fired under his flash and sent him reeling into the arms of his followers

Springing to the ground between our two candles, she bent over the open page