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Henry F. Keenan. The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
Table of Contents
BOOK I
THE CARIBEES. CHAPTER. I.—THE BOY IN BLUE II.—FLAG AND FAITH III.—MALBROOK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE IV.—GUELPH AND GHIBELLINE V.—A NAPOLEONIC EPIGRAM VI.—ON THE POTOMAC VII.—THE STEP THAT COSTS VIII.—AN ARMY WITH BANNERS IX.—"THE ASSYRIAN CAME DOWN LIKE THE WOLF ON THE FOLD" X.—BLOOD AND IRON XI.—THE LEGIONS OF VARUS. BOOK II
THE HOSTAGES. XII.—THE AFTERMATH XIII.—A COMEDY OF TERRORS XIV.—UNDER TWO FLAGS XV.—ROSEDALE XVI.—A MASQUE IN ARCADY XVII.—TREASON AND STRATAGEMS XVIII.—A CAMPAIGN OF PLOTS XIX.—"HE EITHER FEARS HIS FATE TOO MUCH" XX.—A CATASTROPHE XXI.—THE STORY OF THE NIGHT XXII.—A CARPET-KNIGHT XXIII.—ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR. BOOK III
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. BOOK I
THE CARIBEES. CHAPTER I
THE BOY IN BLUE
CHAPTER II
FLAG AND FAITH
CHAPTER III
MALBROOK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE
CHAPTER IV
GUELPH AND GHIBELLINE
CHAPTER V
A NAPOLEONIC EPIGRAM
CHAPTER VI
ON THE POTOMAC
CHAPTER VII
THE STEP THAT COSTS
CHAPTER VIII
AN ARMY WITH BANNERS
"JACK."
CHAPTER IX
"THE ASSYRIAN CAME DOWN LIKE THE WOLF ON THE FOLD."
CHAPTER X
BLOOD AND IRON
CHAPTER XI
THE LEGIONS OF VARUS
BOOK II
THE HOSTAGES. CHAPTER XII
THE AFTERMATH
CHAPTER XIII
A COMEDY OF TERRORS
CHAPTER XIV
UNDER TWO FLAGS
CHAPTER XV
ROSEDALE
CHAPTER XVI
A MASQUE IN ARCADY
CHAPTER XVII
TREASON AND STRATAGEMS
CHAPTER XVIII
A CAMPAIGN OF PLOTS
CHAPTER XIX
"HE EITHER FEARS HIS FATE TOO MUCH."
CHAPTER XX
A CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER XXI
THE STORY OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XXII
A CARPET-KNIGHT
CHAPTER XXIII
ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR
BOOK III
THE DESERTERS. CHAPTER XXIV
BETWEEN THE LINES
"RICHARD"
CHAPTER XXV
PHANTASMAGORIA
CHAPTER XXVI
IN THE UNION LINES
CHAPTER XXVII
"THE ABSENT ARE ALWAYS IN THE WRONG."
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE WORLD WENT VERY ILL THEN
CHAPTER XXIX
A WOMAN'S REASON
CHAPTER XXX
A GAME OF CHANCE
"KATE."
CHAPTER XXXI
TWO BLADES OF THE SAME STEEL
"KATHERINE BOONE."
"JONES."
CHAPTER XXXII
THE LOST CARIBEES
CHAPTER XXXIII
FATHER ABRAHAM'S JOKE
"OLYMPIA."
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Henry F. Keenan
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"In that case I hope I shall he hated. I shall shun people who love me," and with that she struck the horse a lively tap and soon was far ahead of her tongue-tied wooer. Was this a challenge? Vincent asked himself, as he sped after her. When he reached her side the tender words were chilled on his lips, for Olympia had in her laughing eye the, to him, odious expression he saw there when she made the irritating speech about himself and Jack a few minutes before. Fearing a teasing retort, he bridled the tender outburst and rode along pensively, revolving pretexts for another day's stay in Acredale. But when they reached home he found an imperative mandate to set out at once, as his lingering in the North was subjecting himself and kinsmen to doubt among the zealous partisans of the Davis party. Olympia was alone in the library when he ran down to tell Jack that he must start at once. He took it as an omen, and said, confusedly:
"It is decided; I must go in the morning."
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