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Buchan John. Salute to Adventurers
Salute to Adventurers
Table of Contents
I. THE SWEET-SINGERS II. OF A HIGH-HANDED LADY III. THE CANONGATE TOLBOOTH IV. OF A STAIRHEAD AND A SEA-CAPTAIN V. MY FIRST COMING TO VIRGINIA VI. TELLS OF MY EDUCATION VII. I BECOME AN UNPOPULAR CHARACTER VIII. RED RINGAN IX. VARIOUS DOINGS IN THE SAVANNAH X. I HEAR AN OLD SONG XI. GRAVITY OUT OF BED XII. A WORD AT THE HARBOUR-SIDE XIII. I STUMBLE INTO A GREAT FOLLY XIV. A WILD WAGER XV. I GATHER THE CLANS XVI. THE FORD OF THE RAPIDAN XVII. I RETRACE MY STEPS XVIII. OUR ADVENTURE RECEIVES A RECRUIT XIX. CLEARWATER GLEN XX. THE STOCKADE AMONG THE PINES XXI. A HAWK SCREAMS IN THE EVENING XXII. HOW A FOOL MUST GO HIS OWN ROAD XXIII. THE HORN OF DIARMAID SOUNDS XXIV. I SUFFER THE HEATHEN'S RAGE XXV. EVENTS ON THE HILL-SIDE XXVI. SHALAH XXVII. HOW I STROVE ALL NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL XXVIII. HOW THREE SOULS FOUND THEIR HERITAGE. SALUTE TO ADVENTURERS
CHAPTER I
THE SWEET-SINGERS
CHAPTER II
OF A HIGH-HANDED LADY
CHAPTER III
THE CANONGATE TOLBOOTH
CHAPTER IV
OF A STAIRHEAD AND A SEA-CAPTAIN
CHAPTER V
MY FIRST COMING TO VIRGINIA
CHAPTER VI
TELLS OF MY EDUCATION
CHAPTER VII
I BECOME AN UNPOPULAR CHARACTER
CHAPTER VIII
RED RINGAN
CHAPTER IX
VARIOUS DOINGS IN THE SAVANNAH
CHAPTER X
I HEAR AN OLD SONG
CHAPTER XI
GRAVITY OUT OF BED
CHAPTER XII
A WORD AT THE HARBOUR-SIDE
CHAPTER XIII
I STUMBLE INTO A GREAT FOLLY
CHAPTER XIV
A WILD WAGER
CHAPTER XV
I GATHER THE CLANS
CHAPTER XVI
THE FORD OF THE RAPIDAN
CHAPTER XVII
I RETRACE MY STEPS
CHAPTER XVIII
OUR ADVENTURE RECEIVES A RECRUIT
CHAPTER XIX
CLEARWATER GLEN
Part of my discomfort was due to my bodily health. I had proudly thought myself seasoned by those hot Virginian summers, in which I had escaped all common ailments. But I had forgotten what old hunters had told me, that the hills will bring out a fever which is dormant in the plains. Anyhow, I now found that my head was dizzy and aching, and my limbs had a strange trembling. The fatigue of the past day had dragged me to the limits of my strength and made me an easy victim. My heart, too, was full of cares. The sight of Elspeth reminded me how heavy was my charge. 'Twas difficult enough to scout well in this tangled place, but, forbye my duty to the dominion, I had the business of taking one who was the light of my life into this dark land of bloody secrets
CHAPTER XX
THE STOCKADE AMONG THE PINES
CHAPTER XXI
A HAWK SCREAMS IN THE EVENING
CHAPTER XXII
HOW A FOOL MUST GO HIS OWN ROAD
CHAPTER XXIII
THE HORN OF DIARMAID SOUNDS
CHAPTER XXIV
I SUFFER THE HEATHEN'S RAGE
CHAPTER XXV
EVENTS ON THE HILL-SIDE
CHAPTER XXVI
SHALAH
CHAPTER XXVII
HOW I STROVE ALL NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
CHAPTER XXVIII
HOW THREE SOULS FOUND THEIR HERITAGE
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John Buchan
Published by Good Press, 2019
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It was gallant talk, but there was no sense in it. Muckle John was on his feet, half the clan had gone round to our rear, and in a second or two she would have been torn from the saddle. A headstrong girl was beyond my management, and my words of entreaty were lost in the babel of cries.
But just then there came another sound. From the four quarters of the moor there closed in upon us horsemen. They came silently and were about us before I had a hint of their presence. It was a troop of dragoons in the king's buff and scarlet, and they rode us down as if we had been hares in a field. The next I knew of it I was sprawling on the ground with a dizzy head, and horses trampling around me, I had a glimpse of Muckle John with a pistol at his nose, and the sorrel curveting and plunging in a panic. Then I bethought myself of saving my bones, and crawled out of the mellay behind the sheepfold.
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