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  CHAPTER I. A RUDE AWAKENING

  CHAPTER II. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE

  CHAPTER III. A NEW FRIEND

  CHAPTER IV. WOMAN'S CHIEF RIGHT

  CHAPTER V. "BE HOPEFUL, THAT I MAY HOPE"

  CHAPTER VI. A SCHEME OF LIFE

  CHAPTER VII. SURPRISES

  CHAPTER VIII. CHARMED BY A CRITIC

  CHAPTER IX. A GIRL'S LIGHT HAND

  CHAPTER X. WILLARD MERWYN

  CHAPTER XI. AN OATH AND A GLANCE

  CHAPTER XII. "A VOW"

  CHAPTER XIII. A SIEGE BEGUN

  CHAPTER XIV. OMINOUS

  CHAPTER XV. SCORN

  CHAPTER XVI. AWAKENED AT LAST

  CHAPTER XVII. COMING TO THE POINT

  CHAPTER XVIII. A GIRL'S STANDARD

  CHAPTER XIX. PROBATION PROMISED

  CHAPTER XX. "YOU THINK ME A COWARD"

  CHAPTER XXI. FEARS AND PERPLEXITIES

  CHAPTER XXII. A GIRL'S THOUGHTS AND IMPULSES

  CHAPTER XXIII. "MY FRIENDSHIP IS MINE TO GIVE"

  CHAPTER XXIV. A FATHER'S FORETHOUGHT

  CHAPTER XXV. A CHAINED WILL

  CHAPTER XXVI. MARIAN'S INTERPRETATION OF MERWYN

  CHAPTER XXVII. "DE HEAD LINKUM MAN WAS CAP'N LANE"

  CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SIGNAL LIGHT

  CHAPTER XXIX. MARIAN CONTRASTS LANE AND MERWYN

  CHAPTER XXX THE NORTH INVADED

  CHAPTER XXXI. "I'VE LOST MY CHANCE"

  CHAPTER XXXII. BLAUVELT

  CHAPTER XXXIII. A GLIMPSE OF WAR

  CHAPTER XXXIV. A GLIMPSE OF WAR, CONTINUED

  CHAPTER XXXV. THE GRAND ASSAULT

  CHAPTER XXXVI. BLAUVELT'S SEARCH FOR STRAHAN

  CHAPTER XXXVII. STRAHAN'S ESCAPE

  CHAPTER XXXVIII. A LITTLE REBEL

  CHAPTER XXXIX. THE CURE OF CAPTAIN LANE

  CHAPTER XL. LOVE'S TRIUMPH

  CHAPTER XLI. SUNDAY'S LULL AND MONDAY'S STORM

  CHAPTER XLII. THAT WORST OF MONSTERS, A MOB

  CHAPTER XLIII. THE "COWARD"

  CHAPTER XLIV. A WIFE'S EMBRACE

  CHAPTER XLV. THE DECISIVE BATTLE

  CHAPTER XLVI. "I HAVE SEEN THAT YOU DETEST ME"

  CHAPTER XLVII. A FAIR FRIEND AND FOUL FOES

  CHAPTER XLVIII. DESPERATE FIGHTING

  CHAPTER XLIX. ONE FACING HUNDREDS

  CHAPTER L. ZEB

  CHAPTER LI. A TRAGEDY

  CHAPTER LII. "MOTHER AND SON"

  CHAPTER LIII. "MISSY S'WANEE"

  AN ORIGINAL BELLE.

  CHAPTER I.

  A RUDE AWAKENING.