Crossed Swords. A Canadian-American Tale of Love and Valor

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Mary Wilson Alloway. Crossed Swords. A Canadian-American Tale of Love and Valor

Crossed Swords. A Canadian-American Tale of Love and Valor

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TO. CANADIAN AND AMERICAN WOMEN. WHO LOVE THEIR COUNTRY'S. HEROIC PAST

INTRODUCTION

CROSSED SWORDS

CHAPTER I

WHICH SHALL IT BE?

CHAPTER II

A BLOOD-STAINED MESSENGER

CHAPTER III

VOWS

CHAPTER IV

MARCH HE WILL

CHAPTER V

THE CURÉ OF LORETTE

CHAPTER VI

ALARM BELLS RING

CHAPTER VII

PARTINGS

CHAPTER VIII

THE MONKS

CHAPTER IX

THE FLIGHT

CHAPTER X

BESIEGED

CHAPTER XI

MORAL SUASION

CHAPTER XII

DISCRETION THE BETTER PART OF VALOR

CHAPTER XIII

SHIPS IN BATTLE

CHAPTER XIV

DO OR DIE!

CHAPTER XV

A MOURNFUL DINNER PARTY

CHAPTER XVI

A GALLANT SIGHT

CHAPTER XVII

CHALLENGED

CHAPTER XVIII

WHO SHALL WIN?

CHAPTER XIX

THE BITTER END

CHAPTER XX

JOY-BELLS AND BONFIRES

CHAPTER XXI

MARRIAGE BELLS

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Mary Wilson Alloway

Published by Good Press, 2021

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"Dear Thérèse, I may find it difficult to recognize you in powder, puffs and patches," said Phyllis, smiling at the innocent vanities; "you will find no rival, I trow, in my pale yellow hair and simple white frock. No one would see me when you are nigh."

"'Tis not likely, Phyllis," she replied, with a pleasant smile, "that we, who are so different, will fall in love with the same man. Captain Basil Temple's blue naval uniform and English air will doubtless catch your fancy, and I have noted that he much admires blue eyes. I myself prefer the brilliance of military accoutrements; and of redcoats, there will be not a few to choose from; but I must make haste to say au revoir." Hurriedly making her adieux, in a few moments she was hastening along the Rue de Notre Dame to her own home in the centre of the town, fearful of being belated on the short autumn afternoon.

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