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Randall Parrish. My lady of the South
My lady of the South
Table of Contents
Left Wounded on the Field. CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II IN WHICH I SEE AND HEAR
CHAPTER III A MILITARY SECRET
CHAPTER IV AN UNEXPECTED PREDICAMENT
CHAPTER V CAUGHT IN THE TRAP
CHAPTER VI THE ACCIDENT
CHAPTER VII NEWS FOR ROSECRANS
CHAPTER VIII WE FIND THE COURIER
CHAPTER IX SCOUTING SERVICE
CHAPTER X WITH JEAN DENSLOW
CHAPTER XI AN EFFORT TO ESCAPE
CHAPTER XII I FACE FATE
CHAPTER XIII AGAIN A PRISONER
CHAPTER XIV RELEASED FOR A PURPOSE
CHAPTER XV ON GUARD WITH JEAN
CHAPTER XVI ANOTHER MYSTERY
CHAPTER XVII THE TABLES TURNED
CHAPTER XVIII AT THE FIREPLACE
CHAPTER XIX A REBEL STILL
CHAPTER XX WE FIND THE PASSAGE
CHAPTER XXI WE FIND COLONEL DONALD
CHAPTER XXII A RECONNAISSANCE
CHAPTER XXIII WE ORGANIZE A SORTIE
CHAPTER XXIV ANOTHER MURDER
CHAPTER XXV FROM BATTLE TO LOVE
CHAPTER XXVI I TALK WITH JEAN
CHAPTER XXVII AGAIN THE WOMAN
CHAPTER XXVIII THE MAN IN THE TUNNEL
CHAPTER XXIX THE TESTIMONY OF A WITNESS
CHAPTER XXX DANIELS AND DONALD MEET
CHAPTER XXXI OUR PLANS MISCARRY
CHAPTER XXXII THE FIGHT IN THE CABIN
CHAPTER XXXIII THE AVOWAL
CHAPTER XXXIV THE DISCOVERY OF DANIELS
CHAPTER XXXV THE CONFESSION
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Randall Parrish
Published by Good Press, 2020
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There was no immediate response. A swift hope thrilled through me that she might have already fled, or have hidden herself within the darkened house. If so, what could I do? How could I assist in prolonging the delay? The hospitable Colonel had half forced me back into a vacated chair, and now remained facing me, standing shoulder to shoulder with his son on the upper step. The Chaplain remained seated close upon my left; all about us was latticework, thickly covered with trailing vines. The only way of escape would be by flinging both father and son headlong to the walk below, or perhaps a sudden dash back into the unknown interior. Only sheer desperation would warrant either effort, yet I half turned, but the shadows were so black I could not discern the whereabouts of the door. The Colonel spoke again, his voice growing sterner from authority.
"Jean, we are waiting here for you; Calvert Dunn has come."
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