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Henry St. John, gentleman, of "Flower of Hundreds," in the county of Prince George, Virginia

a tale of 1774-'75
Cooke, John Esten (1830-1886)
  
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PROLOGUE. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT.
  
CONTENTS.

 1. 
CHAPTER I. FLOWERS OF THE FOREST.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. FLOWERS OF THE COURT.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. HOW BLOSSOM FAINTED, AND WHAT FOLLOWED.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV. A GLIMPSE OF HIS EXCELLENCY LORD DUNMORE.
 5. 
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH HIS EXCELLENCY GETS THE BETTER OF A CHILD.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI. THE GREAT GRANDSON OF POCAHONTAS.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII. CONSPIRACY.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII. VANELY.
 9. 
CHAPTER IX. BONNYBEL VANE.
 10. 
CHAPTER X. “OLD GOUTY.”
 11. 
CHAPTER XI. A MAY MORNING IN '74.
 12. 
CHAPTER XII. THE WINDOW PANES AT VANELY.
 13. 
CHAPTER XIII. HOW THEY DANCED A MINUET DE LA COUR.
 14. 
CHAPTER XIV. WHICH VERIFIES THE PROVERB THAT LISTENERS NEVER HEAR ANY GOOD OF THEMSELVES.
 15. 
CHAPTER XV. BONNYBEL LOOKS IN A MIRROR AND LAUGHS.
 16. 
CHAPTER XVI. THE NEWS FROM BOSTON.
 17. 
CHAPTER XVII. THE MODEL OF A PERFECT LOVER.
 18. 
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW MR. LINDON CAME TO AND WENT AWAY FROM VANELY.
 19. 
CHAPTER XIX. BONNYBEL VANE TO HER FRIEND, MISS CATHARINE EFFINGHAM, AT “THE COVE,” IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY.
 20. 
CHAPTER XX. HOW MISS BONNYBEL FAINTED IN THE ARMS OF HER COUSIN.
 21. 
CHAPTER XXI. BONNYBEL VANE TO HER FRIEND, KATE EFFINGHAM.
 22. 
CHAPTER XXII. AT THE “TRYSTING TREE.”
 23. 
CHAPTER XXIII. ST. JOHN MAKES HIS ENTRY INTO RICHMOND TOWN.
 24. 
CHAPTER XXIV. IN WHICH THE AUTHOR OMITS DESCRIBING THE RACES.
 25. 
CHAPTER XXV. HOW MR. ST. JOHN ENCOUNTERED A STRANGER, AND OF WHAT THEY CONVERSED.
 26. 
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW THE STRANGER BECAME AN HISTORIAN AND A PROPHET.
 27. 
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW ST. JOHN MET A FRIEND IN WILLIAMSBURG.
 28. 
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SECRET AGENT.
 29. 
CHAPTER XXIX. HOW A VIRGINIA GIRL WROTE VERSES IN '74.
 30. 
CHAPTER XXX. HOW MR. ST. JOHN RETURNED HIS COMMISSION TO LORD DUNMORE.
 31. 
CHAPTER XXXI. THE LETTER.
 32. 
CHAPTER XXXII. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE “INDIAN CAMP.”
 33. 
CHAPTER XXXIII. A SLEEPING BEAUTY.
 34. 
CHAPTER XXXIV. ST. JOHN, FROM HIS HOUSE OF “FLOWER OF HUNDREDS,” TO HIS FRIEND, TOM ALSTON, AT “MOOREFIELD.”
 35. 
CHAPTER XXXV. THE REPLY.
 36. 
CHAPTER XXXVI. BLOSSOM.
 37. 
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE WOOF OF EVENTS.
 38. 
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE FIXED STARS OF VIRGINIA.
 39. 
CHAPTER XXXIX. HOW THE STRANGER'S FIRST PROPHECY WAS FULFILLED.
 40. 
CHAPTER XL. HOW HIS EXCELLENCY ASKED THE NAME OF THE STRANGER.
 41. 
CHAPTER XLI. THE STEPS AND THE BASE OF LORD BOTETOURT'S STATUE.
 42. 
CHAPTER XLII. THE “APOLLO” ROOM IN THE RALEIGH TAVERN.
 43. 
CHAPTER XLIII. IN WHICH A CHARIOT ARRIVES.
 44. 
CHAPTER XLIV. THE ASSEMBLY AT THE CAPITOL.
 45. 
CHAPTER XLV. THE RIVAL LIEUTENANTS OF THE GUARDS.
 46. 
CHAPTER XLVI. THE SECRETARY.
 47. 
CHAPTER XLVII. ST. JOHN AND LINDON.
 48. 
CHAPTER XLVIII. ST. JOHN GOES TO “FLODDEN.”
 49. 
CHAPTER XLIX. HOW CAPTAIN RALPH WATERS FULFILLED HIS MISSION.
 50. 
CHAPTER L. THE FUGITIVE.
 51. 
CHAPTER LI. HER ONLY FAILING.
 52. 
CHAPTER LII. THE COMBAT: RED AND WHITE ROSES.
 53. 
CHAPTER LIII. THE NEWS REACHES VANELY.
 54. 
CHAPTER LIV. TWO HEARTS.
 55. 
CHAPTER LV. WHICH COMMENCES THE SECOND PORTION OF THE HISTORY.
 56. 
CHAPTER LVI. HOW CAPTAIN WATERS PLUCKED ALL HIS GEESE.
 57. 
CHAPTER LVII. SOME OLD FRIENDS—AT LEAST THE AUTHOR HOPES SO.
 58. 
CHAPTER LVIII. THE SECOND WARNING.
 59. 
CHAPTER LIX. HOW ST. JOHN DREW HIS SWORD, AND STRUCK AT A SHADOW.
 60. 
CHAPTER LX. TOM ALSTON TO HENRY ST. JOHN.
 61. 
CHAPTER LXI. ST. JOHN TELLS HOW A SPIRIT ENTERED HIS ROOM AT MIDNIGHT.
 62. 
CHAPTER LXII. HOW MR. ALSTON TRAVELED ALL NIGHT, AND WHAT FOLLOWED.
 63. 
CHAPTER LXIII. A BROKEN HEART: HENRY ST. JOHN TO THOMAS ALSTON.
 64. 
CHAPTER LXIV. HENRY ST. JOHN, ESQUIRE, TO MISS BONNYBEL VANE, AT VANELY, IN PRINCE GEORGE.
 65. 
CHAPTER LXV. “HOW STRANGE! I KNEW A BONNYBEL ONCE!”
 66. 
CHAPTER LXVI. THE LAST HALLUCINATION OF ST. JOHN.
 67. 
CHAPTER LXVII. HOW ST. JOHN KEPT HIS APPOINTMENT WITH THE STRANGER.
 68. 
CHAPTER LXVIII. A VIRGINIA GIANT.
 69. 
CHAPTER LXIX. ON THE BANKS OF BELLE RIVIERE.
 70. 
CHAPTER LXX. THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. JOHN.
 71. 
CHAPTER LXXI. BONNYBEL'S DREAM.
 72. 
CHAPTER LXXII. BONNYBEL VANE TO HER FRIEND, KATE EFFINGHAM.
 73. 
CHAPTER LXXIII. THE FRIENDS.
 74. 
CHAPTER LXXIV. THE REMOVAL OF THE POWDER.
 75. 
CHAPTER LXXV. WILLIAMSBURG IN ARMS, AND CAPTAIN RALPH WATERS IN ECSTACIES.
 76. 
CHAPTER LXXVI. A MEETING OF PATRIOTS.
 77. 
CHAPTER LXXVII. A YOUNG SPY.
 78. 
CHAPTER LXXVIII. GENERAL EFFINGHAM IS CARRIED OFF BY A CHARIOT.
 79. 
CHAPTER LXXIX. THE MARCH OF THE HANOVERIANS ON WILLIAMSBURG.
 80. 
CHAPTER LXXX. THE MEETING AT DONCASTLE'S ORDINARY.
 81. 
CHAPTER LXXXI. THE ROBBERY OF THE COACH OF THE KING'S RECEIVER-GENERAL.
 82. 
CHAPTER LXXXII. HOW LINDON LEFT WILLIAMSBURG, AND WHOM HE CONVERSED WITH AT AGINCOURT.
 83. 
CHAPTER LXXXIII. A GLANCE AT VANELY.
 84. 
CHAPTER LXXXIV. BONNYBEL VANE TO HER FRIEND KATE EFFINGHAM.
 85. 
CHAPTER LXXXV. LINDON SMILES.
 86. 
CHAPTER LXXXVI. THE TWO LETTERS.
 87. 
CHAPTER LXXXVII. THE UNRAVELING OF THE MESH.
 88. 
CHAPTER LXXXVIII. FIRE AND STORM.
 89. 
CHAPTER LXXXIX. THE END OF THE DRAMA.
 90. 
CHAPTER XC. A SUMMER DAY AT “FLOWER OF HUNDREDS.”
  
EPILOGUE. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE MS.
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  • Prologue 7

  • I.—Flowers of the Forest 17

  • II.—Flowers of the Court 21

  • III.—How Blossom fainted, and what followed 26

  • IV.—A Glimpse of his Excellency Lord Dunmore 28

  • V.—How his Excellency got the better of a Child 30

  • VI.—The Great-Grandson of Pocahontas 38

  • VII.—Conspiracy 46

  • VIII.—Vanely 53

  • IX.—Bonnybel Vane 57

  • X.—“Old Gouty” 65

  • XI.—A May Morning in '74 67

  • XII.—The Window Panes at Vanely 73

  • XIII.—How they danced a Minuet de la Cour 76

  • XIV.—Which verifies the Proverb, that listeners never hear any
    good of themselves 81

  • XV.—Bonnybel looks in a Mirror and laughs 85

  • XVI.—The News from Boston 90

  • XVII.—The Model of a Perfect Lover 95

  • XVIII.—How Mr. Lindon came to, and went away from Vanely 101

  • XIX.—Bonnybel Vane to her friend, Mistress Catherine Effingham,
    at “The Cove,” in Gloucester County 109

  • XX.—How Miss Bonnybel fainted in the Arms of her Cousin 112

  • XXI.—Bonnybel Vane to her Friend, Kate Effingham 121

  • XXII.—At the “Trysting Tree” 125

  • XXIII.—St. John makes his Entry into Richmond Town 133

  • XXIV.—In which the Author omits describing the Races 138

  • XXV.—How Mr. St. John encountered a Stranger, and of what
    they conversed 141

  • XXVI.—How the Stranger became an Historian and a Prophet 151

  • XXVII.—How St. John met a Friend in Williamsburg 159

  • XXVIII.—The Secret Agent 164

  • XXIX.—How a Virginia Girl wrote Verses in '74 169

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  • XXX.—How Mr. St. John returned his Commission to Lord Dunmore
    172

  • XXXI.—The Letter 180

  • XXXIL.—What happened at the “Indian Camp” 184

  • XXXIII.—A Sleeping Beauty 187

  • XXXIV.—St. John, from his House of “Flower of Hundreds,” to
    his Friend, Tom Alston, at “Moorefield” 192

  • XXXV.—The Reply 194

  • XXXVI.—Blossom 196

  • XXXVII.—The Woof of Events 198

  • XXXVIII.—The Fixed Stars of Virginia 206

  • XXXIX.—How the Stranger's first Prophecy was fulfilled 214

  • XL.—How his Excellency asked the Name of the Stranger 220

  • XLI.—The Steps and the Base of Lord Botetourt's Statue 225

  • XLII.—The “Apollo Room,” in the Raleigh Tavern—Deus nobis
    hœc olia fecit     229

  • XLIII.—In which a Chariot arrives 233

  • XLIV.—The Assembly at the Capitol 235

  • XLV.—The rival Lieutenants of the Guards 237

  • XLVI.—The Secretary 241

  • XLVII.—St. John and Lindon 245

  • XLVIII.—St. John goes to “Flodden” 252

  • XLIX.—How Captain Waters fulfilled his Mission 356

  • L.—The Fugitive 262

  • LI.—Her only Failing 266

  • LII.—The Combat: Red and White Roses 269

  • LIII.—The News reaches Vanely 277

  • LIV.—Two Hearts 281

  • LV.—Which commences the Second Portion of the History 284

  • LVI.—How Captain Waters plucked his Geese 292

  • LVII.—Some old Friends: at least the Author hopes so 299

  • LVIII.—The Second Warning 304

  • LIX.—How St. John drew his Sword and struck at a Shadow 308

  • LX.—Tom Alston to Henry St. John 314

  • LXI.—St. John tells how a Spirit entered his Room at Midnight 318

  • LXII.—How Mr. Alston traveled all Night, and what followed 334

  • LXIII.—A Broken Heart: Henry St. John to Thomas Alston 343

  • LXIV.—Henry St. John, Esquire, to Miss Bonnybel Vane, at
    Vanely, in Prince George 344

  • LXV.—“How strange! I knew a Bonnybel once!” 347

  • LXVI.—The last Hallucination of St. John 351

  • LXVII.—How St. John kept his Appointment with the Stranger 354

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  • LXVIII.—A Virginia Giant 368

  • LXIX.—On the Banks of Belle Rivière 371

  • LXX.—The Old Church of St. John's 380

  • LXXI.—Bonnybel's Dream 383

  • LXXII.—Bonnybel Vane to her Friend, Kate Effingham 387

  • LXXIII.—The Friends 390

  • LXXIV.—The Removal of the Powder 397

  • LXXV.—Williamsburg in Arms and Captain Waters in Ecstacies 408

  • LXXVI.—A Meeting of Patriots 417

  • LXXVII.—A Young Spy 422

  • LXXVIII.—General Effingham is carried off by a Chariot 424

  • LXXIX.—The March of the Hanoverians on Williamsburg 428

  • LXXX.—The Meeting at Doncastle's Ordinary 433

  • LXXXI.—The Robbery of the Coach of the King's Receiver General 437

  • LXXXII.—How Lindon left Williamsburg, and whom he conversed
    with at “Agincourt” 444

  • LXXXIII.—A Glance at Vanely 451

  • LXXXIV.—Bonnybel Vane to her Friend, Kate Effingham 453

  • LXXXV.—Lindon Smiles 458

  • LXXXVI.—The Two Letters. 461

  • LXXXVII.—The Unraveling of the Mesh 466

  • LXXXVIII.—Fire and Storm 471

  • LXXXIX.—The End of the Drama 477

  • XC.—A Summer Day at “Flower of Hundreds” 485

  • Epilogue 488

  • Historical Illustrations 491

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