The Forest of Swords

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Joseph A. Altsheler. The Forest of Swords

The Forest of Swords

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

IN PARIS

CHAPTER II

THE MESSENGER

CHAPTER III

IN THE FRENCH CAMP

CHAPTER IV

THE INVISIBLE HAND

CHAPTER V

SEEN FROM ABOVE

CHAPTER VI

IN HOSTILE HANDS

CHAPTER VII

THE TWO PRINCES

CHAPTER VIII

THE SPORT OF KINGS

CHAPTER IX

THE PUZZLING SIGNAL

CHAPTER X

OLD FRIENDS

CHAPTER XI

THE CONTINUING BATTLE

CHAPTER XII

JULIE LANNES

CHAPTER XIII

THE MIDDLE AGES

CHAPTER XIV

A PROMISE KEPT

CHAPTER XV

THE RESCUE

THE END

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Joseph A. Altsheler

A Story of Paris and the Marne

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"They wish to spread terror, I suppose. Lend me your glasses, John."

Lannes studied the heavens a long time, minutely examining every black speck against the blue, and John stood beside him, waiting patiently. Meanwhile the throng of fleeing people moved on as before, silent and somber, even the children saying little. John was again stirred by the deepest emotion of sympathy and pity. What a tremendous tragedy it would be if New York were being abandoned thus to a victorious foe! Lannes himself had seemed to take no notice of the flight, but John judged he had made a powerful effort of the will to hide the grief and anger that surely filled his heart.

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