Special Messenger

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Chambers Robert William. Special Messenger

PREFACE

PART ONE. WHAT SHE WAS

I. NONCOMBATANTS

PART TWO. WHAT SHE BECAME

II. SPECIAL MESSENGER

III. ABSOLUTION

IV. ROMANCE

V. RED FERRY

VI. AN AIR-LINE

VII. THE PASS

VIII. EVER AFTER

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About five o’clock that evening a Rhode Island battery clanked through the village and parked six dusty guns in a pasture occupied by some astonished cows.

A little later the cavalry arrived, riding slowly up the tree-shaded street, escorted by every darky and every dog in the country-side.

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“The river rushing over the shallows—perhaps a train on the trestle at Oxley Court House—” She listened, resting her rounded chin on her hands. “It is thunder, I think. Go to bed now for a while–”

“Hark!” said the boy, laying his small hand on hers.

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