The Coward: A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863
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 riding--Townsend's eclipse--The return to the Crawford--Margaret Hayley again, and a Conversation overheard 348