Chapter I: Preface

The showman, crying his attractions, lifted up his voice at the flap of his tent. So, at this, the entrance to that which is within, those who stop to read may gain a hint of what is beyond. Only a little, though, to whet your appetite and make you wish for more, it is to be hoped.

So, then, this is a tale of love, of witchcraft, and of fighting. A tale of a brave man, and as brave a maid. Herein may be found the doings of witch-finders, Puritans and Indians. Also there is set down the struggle of two men for the love of a woman, and it may be learned who won. You may read of the lifting of the great rock, of the killing of the serpent, of the battle at the fort, of the trial of death, and the bursting of the mighty press. This much and more, until the tale is at an end.

The author hopes you, reader, and the many of you who make up the public, will like the story. He has tried to make it interesting. If it serves to help you pass a pleasant hour or two, the writer will have accomplished his purpose.

So, then, having had patience thus far, you may enter, and read.

H. R. G.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.
The Governor’s Commission 9

CHAPTER II.
Of the Scarlet Snow 20

CHAPTER III.
The Trial 32

CHAPTER IV.
How I Cast the Knife 41

CHAPTER V.
Of the Stone by the Brook 51

CHAPTER VI.
Lucille 63

CHAPTER VII.
Of the Horseman on the Beach 72

CHAPTER VIII.
The Battle at the Fort 82

CHAPTER IX.
How the French Took Pemaquid 96

CHAPTER X.
The Man at the Inn 111

CHAPTER XI.
A Man and His Wife 123

CHAPTER XII.
The Time of Peril 130

CHAPTER XIII.
In Salem Gaol 140

CHAPTER XIV.
A Sentence of Death 150

CHAPTER XV.
Peine Forte et Dure 161

CHAPTER XVI.
How We Broke Gaol 172

CHAPTER XVII.
The News Nanette Brought Me 183

CHAPTER XVIII.
How the Eagle Sailed 192

CHAPTER XIX.
How I Found Lucille 204

CHAPTER XX.
A Watch in the Night 216

CHAPTER XXI.
Of the Voyage of Lucille 227

CHAPTER XXII.
A Duel on the Sands 240

CHAPTER XXIII.
Shadows in the Night 256

CHAPTER XXIV.
How Simon Kept His Oath 267

CHAPTER XXV.
In the Name of the King 282

CHAPTER XXVI.
The Last Fight 294

CHAPTER XXVII.
Simon 306

CHAPTER XXVIII.
The End of Captain Amherst 316

CHAPTER XXIX.
An Order from the King 328

CHAPTER XXX.
Love, Honor and Obey 338

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