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THE YOUNG CAVALIER

[Frontispiece: _The next instant a pair of hands grasped the gunwale,
and the dripping head of a man appeared over the side._]

THE
YOUNG CAVALIER

A STORY OF THE CIVIL WARS

BY
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
Author of "'Midst Arctic Perils," "Clinton's Quest"
"The Nameless Island," "The Young Cavalier"
"The Treasure of the Sacred Lake," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY GORDON BROWNE, R.I.

London
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.
Henrietta Street

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
MORRISON AND GIBB LTD., LONDON AND EDINBURGH

  CONTENTS
  CHAPTER
      I. THE OUTBREAK OF CIVIL WAR
     II. COLONEL NICHOLAS FIRESTONE
    III. FRIEND OR FOE?
     IV. THROUGH THE REBEL LINES
      V. CONVOYING THE TREASURE
     VI. EDGEHILL
    VII. FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH
   VIII. OUR ADVENTURE IN LOSTWITHIEL CHURCH
     IX. MY MEETING WITH AN OLD FOE
	  X. ON BOARD THE "EMMA FARLEIGH"
     XI. THE "HAPPY ADVENTURE"
    XII. THE POWDER MINE
   XIII. THE SIEGE OF ASHLEY CASTLE
    XIV. SPIKING THE GUNS
     XV. THE SECRET PASSAGE
    XVI. WITHOUT THE WALLS OF CARISBROOKE
   XVII. EXILED

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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