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John Pendleton Kennedy. Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency
Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency
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"I say the tale as 't was said to me."—Lay of the Last Minstrel. REVISED EDITION. NEW YORK. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS. 182 Fifth Avenue. 1876. Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1852, by. GEORGE P. PUTNAM, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
HORSE SHOE ROBINSON
CHAPTER I
A TOPOGRAPHICAL DISCOURSE
CHAPTER II
WHEREIN THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO TWO WORTHIES WITH WHOM HE IS LIKELY TO FORM AN INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER III
AN INCIDENT THAT SAVORS OF ROMANCE
CHAPTER IV
A MEETING OF LOVERS——SOME INSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE
CHAPTER V
A COMFORTABLE INN, AND A GOOD LANDLADY——THE MISFORTUNES OF HEROES DO NOT ALWAYS DESTROY THE APPETITE
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
SOME ACCOUNT OF PHILIP LINDSAY—SENSIBILITY AND RETIREMENT APT TO ENGENDER A PERNICIOUS PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER VIII
THE MANSION OF A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR
CHAPTER IX
AN INTRIGUE
CHAPTER X
TYRREL RETREATS
CHAPTER XI
A SCENE BETWEEN A FATHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER XII
A POLITICAL RETROSPECT.—BUTLER ENTERS SOUTH CAROLINA
CHAPTER XIII
A WOODMAN'S FAMILY
CHAPTER XIV
SOMETHING VERY LIKE A DREAM
CHAPTER XV
HORSE SHOE AND BUTLER RESUME THEIR JOURNEY, WHICH IS DELAYED BY A SAVAGE INCIDENT
CHAPTER XVI
TORY TROOPERS, A DARK ROAD AND A FRAY
CHAPTER XVII
SCENE IN THE BIVOUAC
CHAPTER XVIII
THE TROOPERS MOVE WITH THEIR PRISONERS
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
AN ADVENTURE WHEREIN IT IS APPARENT THAT THE ACTIONS OF REAL LIFE ARE FULL AS MARVELLOUS AS THE INVENTIONS OF ROMANCE
CHAPTER XXIII
SHOWING HOW A GOOD SOLDIER WILL TURN THE ACCIDENTS OF WAR TO THE BEST ACCOUNT. ENSIGN ST. JERMYN IN A DISAGREEABLE DILEMMA
CHAPTER XXIV
NEW DIFFICULTIES OPEN UPON BUTLER
CHAPTER XXV
A TRIAL.—A GRAVE ACCUSATION THAT STILL FURTHER CONFIRMS BUTLER IN HIS BELIEF OF A SECRET ENEMY.—A SUDDEN RESPITE
CHAPTER XXVI
THE SERGEANT AND HIS COMRADE PROJECT AN EXPEDITION WHICH FURNISHES THE ENSIGN AN OPPORTUNITY OF ENJOYING THE PICTURESQUE
CHAPTER XXVII
A RETREAT AFTER THE MANNER OF XENOPHON
CHAPTER XXVIII
BUTLER'S DIFFICULTIES INCREASE.—INNIS FINDS OCCASION TO THINK OF THE ADAGE—"THERE'S MANY A SLIP BETWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP."
CHAPTER XXIX
WILLIAMS TAKES A FANCY TO FOREST LIFE.—HORSE SHOE AND JOHN RAMSAY CONTINUE ACTIVE IN THE SERVICE OF BUTLER.—MARY MUSGROVE BECOMES A VALUABLE AUXILIARY
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
BUTLER FINDS A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE IN HIS DISTRESS
CHAPTER XXXII
MARY MUSGROVE'S PERPLEXITIES
CHAPTER XXXIII
A GLANCE AT THE DOVE COTE.—THE COMPANIONSHIP OF BROTHER AND SISTER
CHAPTER XXXIV
MILDRED PUT TO A SEVERE TRIAL:—HER FIRMNESS
CHAPTER XXXV
MILDRED IN GRIEF.—SHE IS NEAR MAKING A DISCLOSURE.—A VISITOR ARRIVES AT THE DOVE COTE
CHAPTER XXXVI
CIRCUMSTANCES FAVOR TYRREL's INFLUENCE OVER LINDSAY
CHAPTER XXXVII
A DOMESTIC SCENE AT THE DOVE COTE
CHAPTER XXXVIII
AN ARRIVAL AT THE DOVE COTE. MILDRED RESOLVES ON A PERILOUS ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XXXIX
MILDRED BEGINS HER JOURNEY
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER XLIII
OCCURRENCES AT MUSGROVE'S MILL
CHAPTER XLIV
A MELANCHOLY INCIDENT
CHAPTER XLV
CHAPTER XLVI
A RUSTIC FUNERAL
CHAPTER XLVII
A COUNCIL OF WAR AT MRS. MARKHAM'S. THE SERGEANT SETS FORTH ON AN ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XLVIII
AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR NOT UNFAMILIAR TO THE TIME
CHAPTER XLIX
MILDRED ARRIVES AT THE TERM OF HER JOURNEY.——THE READER IS FAVORED WITH A GLIMPSE OF A DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGE
CHAPTER L
A BRITISH PARTISAN
CHAPTER LI
MILDRED TURNS HER STEPS HOMEWARDS
CHAPTER LII
SIGNS OF A GATHERING STORM.—MUSTER OF THE BACKWOODSMEN
CHAPTER LIII
MILDRED MEETS AN AGREEABLE ADVENTURE
CHAPTER LIV
FERGUSON ADVANCES SOUTH.—HE HAS REASON TO BECOME CIRCUMSPECT.—ARTHUR BUTLER FINDS HIMSELF RETREATING FROM HIS FRIENDS
CHAPTER LV
THE WHIGS CONTINUE THEIR MARCH.—MILDRED IS LEFT BEHIND
CHAPTER LVI
AFFAIRS BEGIN TO DRAW TO A HEAD. PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE. A PICTURE OF THE TWO ARMIES
CHAPTER LVII
THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER LVIII
THE CONCLUSION
