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Title: At the Point of the Sword

Author: Herbert Hayens

Release Date: September 14, 2007 [EBook #22595]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: "In a short time they had bound our arms tightly with
strips of hide."]

[Transcriber's note: frontispiece missing from book.]

At the Point of the Sword

A Story for Boys

By

HERBERT HAYENS

Author of "Ye Mariners of England," "Under the Lone Star,"
"For the Colours," "A Captain of Irregulars,"
"In the Grip of the Spaniard,"
&c., &c.

THOMAS NELSON & SONS, LTD.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK

1903

CONTENTS.

I. A BIRTHDAY EVE
II. AN EXCITING VOYAGE
III. THE END OF THE "AGUILA"
IV. THE SILVER KEY
V. IN THE HIDDEN VALLEY
VI. WE LEAVE THE HIDDEN VALLEY
VII. WHOM THE GODS LOVE DIE YOUNG
VIII. A FRIENDLY OPPONENT
IX. A GLEAM OF HOPE
X. A STORMY INTERVIEW
XI. A NARROW ESCAPE
XII. A STERN PURSUIT
XIII. HOME AGAIN
XIV. FRIEND OR FOE?
XV. WE CATCH A TARTAR
XVI. GLORIOUS NEWS
XVII. DUTY FIRST
XVIII. DARK DAYS
XIX. FALSE PLAY, OR NOT?
XX. "SAVE HIM, JUAN, SAVE HIM!"
XXI. ROUGH JUSTICE
XXII. THE "SILVER KEY" AGAIN
XXIII. AN OPEN-AIR PRISON
XXIV. A DANGEROUS JOURNEY
XXV. BACK TO DUTY
XXVI. THE HUSSARS OF JUNIN
XXVII. A DISASTROUS RETREAT
XXVIII. THE BATTLE OF THE GENERALS
XXIX. HOME AGAIN

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

"IN A SHORT TIME THEY HAD BOUND OUR ARMS TIGHTLY
WITH STRIPS OF HIDE" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"'HELP, HELP!' I EXCLAIMED FAINTLY; BUT HE HEARD ME,
AND I KNEW I WAS SAVED."

"PUSHING OFF HIS SANDY BED-CLOTHES AT OUR APPROACH,
HE STRUGGLED TO HIS FEET."

"'SAVE HIM, JUAN, SAVE HIM!'"

"HE GLANCED CONTEMPTUOUSLY AT THE GIGANTIC SORILLO."

"'A SOLDIER FROM AYACUCHO! HERE IS ONE OF OUR BRAVE
DELIVERERS!'"

AT THE POINT OF THE SWORD.

CHAPTER I.

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