[Illustration: cover art]
THE YOUNG CAVALIER
[Frontispiece: The next instant a pair of hands grasped the gunwale,and the dripping head of a man appeared over the side.]
THE
YOUNG CAVALIER
A STORY OF THE CIVIL WARS
BY
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
Author of "'Midst Arctic Perils," "Clinton's Quest"
"The Nameless Island," "The Young Cavalier"
"The Treasure of the Sacred Lake," etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY GORDON BROWNE, R.I.
London
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.
Henrietta Street
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
MORRISON AND GIBB LTD., LONDON AND EDINBURGH
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | THE OUTBREAK OF CIVIL WAR |
| II. | COLONEL NICHOLAS FIRESTONE |
| III. | FRIEND OR FOE? |
| IV. | THROUGH THE REBEL LINES |
| V. | CONVOYING THE TREASURE |
| VI. | EDGEHILL |
| VII. | FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH |
| VIII. | OUR ADVENTURE IN LOSTWITHIEL CHURCH |
| IX. | MY MEETING WITH AN OLD FOE |
| X. | ON BOARD THE "EMMA FARLEIGH" |
| XI. | THE "HAPPY ADVENTURE" |