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CONTENTS


  • I Two runaways from Lonesome, 1
  • II Fighting Their Way, 11
  • III A "Blab School" on Kingdome Come, 31
  • IV The Coming of the Tide, 54
  • V Out of the Wilderness, 66
  • VI Lost at the Capital, 77
  • VII A Friend on the Road, 84
  • VIII Home with the Major, 95
  • IX Margaret, 110
  • X The Bluegrass, 126
  • XI A Tournament, 131
  • XII Back to Kingdome Come, 146
  • XIII On Trial for his Life, 159
  • XIV The Major in the Mountains, 174
  • XV To College in the Bluegrass, 190
  • XVI Again the Bar Sinister, 204
  • XVII Chadwick Buford, Gentleman, 210
  • XVIII The Spirit of '76 and the Shadow of '61, 224
  • XIX The Blue or the Gray, 233
  • XX Off to the War, 242
  • XXI Melissa, 254
  • XXII Morgan's Men, 269
  • XXIII Chad Captures an Old Friend, 290
  • XXIV A Race between Dixie and Dawn, 310
  • XXV After Daws Dillon—Guerilla, 337
  • XXVI Brother against Brother at Last, 348
  • XXVII At the Hospital of Morgan's Men, 361
  • XXVIII Pall-bearers of the Lost Cause, 369
  • XXIX Melissa and Margaret, 377
  • XXX Peace, 382
  • XXXI The Westward Way, 401