



Produced by Al Haines









[Illustration: Cover art]





[Frontispiece: HE THREW HIMSELF UPON THE GROUND.  _See page 136_]




ROGER DAVIS

LOYALIST


BY

FRANK BAIRD




WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS




Toronto

THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY LIMITED




CONTENTS


CHAPTER

    I. THE OUTBREAK
   II. AMONG ENEMIES
  III. MADE PRISONER
   IV. PRISON EXPERIENCES
    V. THE TRIAL AND ESCAPE
   VI. KING OR PEOPLE?
  VII. THE DIE CAST
 VIII. OFF TO NOVA SCOTIA
   IX. IN THE 'TRUE NORTH'
    X. THE TREATY
   XI. HOME-MAKING BEGUN
  XII. FACING THE FUTURE
 XIII. THE GOVERNOR'S PERIL
  XIV. VICTORY AND REWARD




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


HE THREW HIMSELF UPON THE GROUND......... _Frontispiece_

SHE MOTIONED ME TO MY FATHER'S EMPTY CHAIR

'THAT MAN,' I SAID, TURNING AND FACING THE 'COLONEL,'
  WHO SAT PALE AND SHIVERING

'THIS IS NOVA SCOTIA,' HE SAID, POINTING TO THE MAP




Roger Davis, Loyalist



Chapter I

The Outbreak

It was Duncan Hale, the schoolmaster, who first brought us the news.
When he was half-way from the gate to the house, my mother met him.  He
bowed very low to her, and then, standing with his head uncovered--from
my position in the hall--I heard him distinctly say, 'Your husband,
madam, has been killed, and the British who went out to