Chapter 3

_THE DESERTERS._

XXIV.--BETWEEN THE LINES XXV.--PHANTASMAGORIA XXVI.--IN THE UNION LINES XXVII.--"THE ABSENT ARE ALWAYS IN THE WRONG" XXVIII.--THE WORLD WENT VERY ILL THEN XXIX.--A WOMAN'S REASON XXX.--A GAME OF CHANCE XXXI.--TWO BLADES OF THE SAME STEEL XXXII.--THE LOST CARIBEES XXXIII.--FATHER ABRAHAM'S JOKE