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Title: The Lily and the Cross
A Tale of Acadia
Author: James De Mille
Release Date: January 27, 2010 [EBook #31096]
Language: English
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[Illustration: A Meeting In Mid Ocean.]
The
LILY AND THE CROSS.
A Tale of Acadia.
By
PROF. JAMES DE MILLE,
Author Of "the Dodge Club," "Cord And Creese," "the B. O. W. C.
Stories," "the Young Dodge Club," Etc
ILLUSTRATED.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, By LEE AND
SHEPARD, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
A Voice Out Of The Deep
CHAPTER II.
A Meeting In Mid Ocean
CHAPTER III.
New Friends
CHAPTER IV.
Mimi And Margot
CHAPTER V.
A Strange Revelation
CHAPTER VI.
A French Frigate
CHAPTER VII.
Caught In A Trap
CHAPTER VIII.
Under Arrest
CHAPTER IX.
Grand Pre
CHAPTER X.
Alone In The World
CHAPTER XI.
A Friend In Need
CHAPTER XII.
The Parson Among The Philistines
CHAPTER XIII.
A Stroke For Liberty
CHAPTER XIV.
Manoeuvres Of Zac
CHAPTER XV.
Flight
CHAPTER XVI.
Reunion
CHAPTER XVII.
Among Friends
CHAPTER XVIII.
Louisbourg
CHAPTER XIX.
The Captive And The Captors
CHAPTER XX.
Examinations
CHAPTER XXI.
A Ray Of Light
CHAPTER XXII.
Escape
CHAPTER XXIII.
Pursuit
CHAPTER XXIV.
Zac And Margot
CHAPTER XXV.
The Court Martial
CHAPTER XXVI.
News From Home
THE LILY AND THE CROSS.
A TALE OF ACADIA.
CHAPTER I.
A VOICE OUT OF THE DEEP.
Once upon a time there was a schooner belonging to Boston which was
registered under the somewhat singular name of the "Rev. Amos Adams."
This was her formal title, used on state occasions, and was, no
doubt, quite as appropriate as the more pretentious one of the "Duke
of Marlborough," or the "Lord Warden." As a general thing, however,
people designated her in a less formal manner, using the simpler and
shorter title of the "Pars
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