Category: Historical Novels
A June Morning of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-three--Glimpses of West Philadelphia--The Days before Gettysburgh--The Two on the Piazza--Margaret Hayley and Elsie Brand--An Embrace and a Difference--Foreshadowings of Carlton Brand, Brother and Lover 29
IN THE HOSPITAL AT ALEXANDRIA--THE WOUNDED MAN AND HIS NURSE--SAD OMENS--A REUNION OF THREE--BRAVE MAN OR COWARD?--WHO WAS HORACE TOWNSEND?--A MYSTERY EXPLAINED--HOW ELEANOR HIL...
33. CHAPTER IX.DR. POMEROY'S PURPOSED PURSUIT--A PLAIN QUAKER WHO USED VERY PLAIN LANGUAGE--ALMOST A FIGHT--HOW MRS. BURTON HAYLEY CONSOLED HER DAUGHTER, AND HOW MARGARET REVEALED THE PAST--A...
46. CHAPTER XXII.PLEASANTON'S ADVANCE ON CULPEPER--CROSSING THE RAPPAHANNOCK--THE FIGHT AND THE CALAMITY OF RAWSON'S CROSS-ROADS--TAKING OF CULPEPER--PLEASANTON'S VOLUNTEER AIDE--TOWNSEND VERSUS...
40. CHAPTER XVI.CLOUD AND STORM AT THE PROFILE--SIGHTS AND SENSATIONS OF A RAINY-DAY RIDE TO THE CRAWFORD--HORACE TOWNSEND AND HALSTEAD ROWAN ONCE MORE TOGETHER--UNEXPECTED ARRIVALS--A CAVALCAD...
39. CHAPTER XV.HOW HALSTEAD ROWAN ARRANGED THAT EXPECTED DUEL--TEN-PINS VERSUS BLOODSHED--SOME ANXIETY ABOUT IDENTITY--THE "H. T." INITIALS, AGAIN--A FAREWELL TO THE BROOKS CUNNINGHAMES--AN HO...
37. CHAPTER XIII.MISS CLARA VANDERLYN AND HER PET BEARS--A MISADVENTURE AND A FRIENDLY HAND IN TIME--THE QUESTION OF COURAGE--HALSTEAD ROWAN AND MRS. BROOKS CUNNINGHAME ON GEOGRAPHY--THE DEAD WA...
41. CHAPTER XVII.HORACE TOWNSEND WITH A LADY IN CHARGE--AN ADVENTURE OVER THE "GULF OF MEXICO"--CLARA VANDERLYN IN DEADLY PERIL--A MOMENT OF HORROR--HALSTEAD ROWAN AND A DISPLAY OF THE COMANCHE...
42. CHAPTER XVIII.Breakfast was nearly over, the next morning, and many of the guests had left the tables, when Horace Townsend strolled into the parlor, attracted by the ripple of a set of very...
44. CHAPTER XX.SUSPENSE IN DANGER, IN TWO SENSES--HORACE TOWNSEND WITH A NEW THOUGHT--THE USE OF A SWING-ROPE--AN INVITATION TO CAPTAIN HECTOR COLES--A FEARFUL PIECE OF AMATEUR GYMNASTICS--GOI...
27. CHAPTER III.KITTY HOOD AND HER SCHOOL-HOUSE--DICK COMPTON GOING SOLDIERING--A LOVERS' QUARREL, A BIT OF JEALOUSY, AND A THREAT--HOW DICK COMPTON MET HIS SUPPOSED RIVAL--AN ENCOUNTER, SUDDEN...
29. CHAPTER V.THE BIRTH AND BLOOD OF THE BRANDS--PRIDE THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE CRUSADES--ROBERT BRAND AS SOLDIER AND PENSION-AGENT--THE PENSIONERS OF THE REVOLUTION--HOW ELSIE RAVED, AND HOW...
38. CHAPTER XIV.A DISASTER TO MASTER BROOKS BROOKS CUNNINGHAME--EXIT INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL--NOBODY THAT COULD SWIM, AND MARGARET HAYLEY IN EXCITEMENT--"H. T." IN HIS ELEMENT, IN TWO SENSE...
32. CHAPTER VIII.WHAT FOLLOWED THE REVELATION OF BETRAYAL--A GLEAM OF HOPE FOR ELEANOR HILL--A RELATIVE FROM CALIFORNIA, A PROJECTED VOYAGE, AND A DISAPPOINTMENT--ONE MORE LETTER--THE BROKEN THR...
34. CHAPTER X.BEFORE AND AFTER GETTYSBURGH--THE APATHY AND DESPAIR WHICH PRECEDED, AND THE JUBILATION WHICH FOLLOWED--WHAT KITTY HOOD SAID AFTER THE BATTLE, AND WHAT ROBERT BRAND--BROTHER AND...
45. CHAPTER XXI.THE BEARER OF A DISGRACED NAME, IN ENGLAND--A STRANGE QUEST AND A STRANGE UNREST--HURRYING OVER TO IRELAND--TOO LATE FOR THE PACKET--THE LITTLE DESPATCH-STEAMER--HENRY FITZMAURI...
43. CHAPTER XIX.A STRANGE CHARACTER AT BREAKFAST--"THE RAMBLER" AND HIS ANTECEDENTS--WHAT HORACE TOWNSEND HEARD ABOUT FATE--GOING UP TO PIC-NIC ON MOUNT WILLARD--THE PLATEAU, THE ROPE AND THE S...
36. CHAPTER XII.LANDING AT THE PROFILE HOUSE--HALSTEAD ROWAN AND GYMNASTICS--HOW THAT PERSON SAW CLARA VANDERLYN AND BECAME A RIVAL OF "H. T."--THE FULL MOON IN THE NOTCH--TRODDEN TOES, A NAME,...
28. CHAPTER IV.THE RESIDENCE OF THE BRANDS--ROBERT BRAND AND DR. PHILIP POMEROY--RADICAL AND COPPERHEAD--A PASSAGE-AT-ARMS THAT ENDED IN A QUARREL--ELSPETH GRAEME THE HOUSEKEEPER--THE SHADOW O...
31. CHAPTER VII.A RETURN TO 1856--NICHOLAS HILL, IRON MERCHANT--HIS DEATH, HIS DAUGHTER AND HIS FRIEND--HOW DR. POMEROY BECAME A GUARDIAN, AND HOW HE DISCHARGED THAT DUTY--A RUIN AND AN AWAKENI...
30. CHAPTER VI.THE RESIDENCE OF DR. POMEROY--NATHAN BLADESDEN AND ELEANOR HILL--A KNEELING WOMAN AND A RIGID QUAKER--THE RUIN THAT A LETTER HAD WROUGHT--A PARTING THAT SEEMED ETERNAL--CARLTON...
35. CHAPTER XI.ANOMALIES OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION--THE WATERING-PLACE RUSH OF 1863--A WHITE-MOUNTAIN PARTY DISEMBARKING AT LITTLETON--WHO FILLED THE CONCORD COACH--THE VANDERLYNS--SHODDY ON IT...
47. CHAPTER XXIII.ONCE MORE AT WEST PHILADELPHIA--SEPTEMBER AND CHANGE--LAST GLIMPSES OF KITTY HOOD AND DICK COMPTON--ROBERT BRAND AND HIS INVITED GUEST--THE NEWS OF DEATH--OLD ESPETH GRAEME AS A...
25. CHAPTER I.A JUNE MORNING OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE--GLIMPSES OF WEST PHILADELPHIA--THE DAYS BEFORE GETTYSBURG--THE TWO ON THE PIAZZA--MARGARET HAYLEY AND ELSIE BRAND--AN EMBRACE...
26. CHAPTER II.Not long was the young girl, left at the close of the last chapter bodily ensconced in an easy-chair on the broad piazza, and mentally absorbed in the attractions of one of the...
12. CHAPTER XII.Landing at the Profile House--Halstead Rowan and Gymnastics--How that person saw Clara Vanderlyn and became a Rival of "H. T."--The Full Moon in the Notch--Trodden Toes, a Name,...
14. CHAPTER XIV.A disaster to Master Brooks Brooks Cunninghame--Exit into the bottom of the Pool--Nobody that could swim, and Margaret Hayley in Excitement--"H. T." in his element, in two sense...
10. CHAPTER X.Before and after Gettysburgh--The Apathy and Despair which preceded, and the Jubilation which followed--What Kitty Hood said after the Battle, and what Robert Brand--Brother and...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Horace Townsend with a Lady in charge--An adventure over the "Gulf of Mexico"--Clara Vanderlyn in deadly peril--A moment of horror--Halstead Rowan and a display of the Comanche...
5. CHAPTER V.The Birth and Blood of the Brands--Pride that came down from the Crusades--Robert Brand as Soldier and Pension-Agent--How Elsie raved, and how the Father's Curse seemed to be an...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Miss Clara Vanderlyn and her Pet Bears--A misadventure and a Friendly Hand in time--The question of Courage--Halstead Rowan and Mrs. Brooks Cunninghame on Geography--The Dead Wa...
19. CHAPTER XIX.A strange Character at breakfast--"The Rambler," and his Antecedents--What Horace Townsend heard about Fate--Going up to Pic-nic on Mount Willard--The Plateau, the Rope and the...
21. CHAPTER XXI.The bearer of a Disgraced Name in England--A strange Quest and a strange Unrest--Hurrying over to Ireland--Too late for the Packet--The little Despatch-steamer--Henry Fitzmauric...
6. CHAPTER VI.The Residence of Dr. Pomeroy--Nathan Bladesden and Eleanor Hill--A kneeling Woman and a rigid Quaker--The ruin that a Letter had wrought--A Parting that seemed eternal--Carlton...
9. CHAPTER IX.Dr. Pomeroy's purposed Pursuit--A plain Quaker who used very plain Language--Almost a Fight--How Mrs. Burton Hayley consoled her Daughter, and how Margaret revealed the Past--A...
23. CHAPTER XXIII.Once more at West Philadelphia--September and Change--Last glimpses of Kitty Hood and Dick Compton--Robert Brand and his invited Guest--The news of Death--Old Elspeth Graeme as...
11. CHAPTER XI.Anomalies of the War for the Union--The Watering-place rush of 1863--A White Mountain party disembarking at Littleton--Who filled the Concord coach--The Vanderlyns--Shoddy on it...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Cloud and Storm at the Profile--Sights and Sensations of a rainy-day ride to the Crawford--Horace Townsend and Halstead Rowan once more together--Unexpected Arrivals--A cavalcad...
7. CHAPTER VII.A return to 1856--Nicholas Hill, Iron-merchant--His Death, his Daughter, and his Friend--How Dr. Pomeroy became a Guardian and how he Discharged that duty--A ruin and an awakeni...
20. CHAPTER XX.Suspense in danger, in two Senses--Horace Townsend with a Swing-rope--An invitation to Captain Hector Coles--A fearful piece of Amateur Gymnastics--Going down into the Schute--S...
1. CHAPTER I.A June Morning of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-three--Glimpses of West Philadelphia--The Days before Gettysburgh--The Two on the Piazza--Margaret Hayley and Elsie Brand--An Embrac...
15. CHAPTER XV.How Halstead Rowan arranged that expected Duel--Ten-pins versus bloodshed--Some anxiety about identity--The "H. T." initials, again--A farewell to the Brooks Cunninghames--An ho...
22. CHAPTER XXII.Pleasanton's advance on Culpeper--Crossing the Rappahannock--The fight and the calamity of Rawson's Cross-Roads--Taking of Culpeper--Pleasanton's Volunteer Aide--Townsend versus...
3. CHAPTER III.Kitty Hood and her School-house--Dick Compton going Soldiering--A Lover's Quarrel, a bit of Jealousy, and a Threat--How Dick Compton met his supposed Rival--An Encounter, Sudden...
8. CHAPTER VIII.What followed the revelation of Betrayal--A gleam of Hope for Eleanor Hill--A relative from California, a projected Voyage, and a Disappointment--One more Letter--The broken thr...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.Horace Townsend and Margaret Hayley--A strange Rencontre in the Parlor--Another Rencontre, equally strange but less pleasant--How Clara Vanderlyn faded away from the Mountains--...
24. CHAPTER XXIV.In the Hospital at Alexandria--The wounded Man and his Nurse--Who was Horace Townsend?--A Mystery explained--How Eleanor Hill went back to Dr. Pomeroy's--One word more of the Co...
4. CHAPTER IV.The Residence of the Brands--Robert Brand and Dr. Pomeroy--Radical and Copperhead--A passage-at-arms that ended in a Quarrel--Elspeth Graeme the Housekeeper--The Shadow of Shame...
2. CHAPTER II.The Coming of Carlton Brand--Almost a Paladin of Balaclava--Brother and Sister--A Spasm of Shame--The Confession--The Coward--How Margaret Hayley heard Many Words not intended f...