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Title: The Firebrand

Author: S. R. Crockett

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Language: English

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THE FIREBRAND

by

S. R. CROCKETT

London
Macmillan and Co., Limited
New York: The Macmillan Company
1901

All rights reserved

Printed by
William Clowes and Sons, Limited,
London and Beccles.

Copyright in the United States of America by S. R. Crockett, 1901.

CONTENTS

I. THE MAKING OF AN OUTLAW

II. THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND

III. COCK O' THE NORTH

IV. A LITTLE COMB-CUTTING

V. THE ABBEY OF MONTBLANCH

VI. BROTHER HILARIO

VII. THE ABBOT'S DINNER

VIII. SANCTUARY

IX. THE SHADOW OF THE DESTROYER

X. A MAN AND HIS PRICE

XI. CARTEL OF DEFIANCE

XII. THE CRYING OF A YOUNG CHILD

XIII. DON TOMAS DIGS A GRAVE

XIV. THE HOLY INNOCENTS

XV. ROLLO INTERVENES

XVI. DON LUIS IS WILLING

XVII. A GRAVE IRREGULARITY

XVIII. A FLUTTER OF RED AND WHITE

XIX. SIGNALS OF STORM

XX. THE BUTCHER OF TORTOSA

XXI. TO BE SHOT AT SUNRISE!

XXII. HIS MOTHER'S ROSARY

XXIII. THE BURNING OF THE MILL-HOUSE

XXIV. HOW TO BECOME A SOLDIER

XXV. THE MISSION OF THE SENORITA CONCHA

XXVI. DEEP ROMANY

XXVII. THE SERGEANT AND LA GIRALDA

XXVIII. THE DEAD AND THE LIVING

XXIX. A LITTLE QUEEN AT HOME

XXX. PALACE BURGLARS

XXXI. THE QUEEN'S ANTE-CHAMBER

XXXII. LIKE A FALLING STAR

XXXIII. CONCHA WAITS FOR THE MORNING

XXXIV. OUR ROLLO TO THE RESCUE

XXXV. THE EXECUTIONER OF SALAMANCA

XXXVI. THE DEATH-CART

XXXVII. THE DEAD STAND SENTINEL

XXXVIII. CONCHA SAYS AMEN

XXXIX. A HANDFUL OF ROSES

XL. ALL DANDIES ARE NOT COWARDS

XLI. ROLLO USES A LITTLE PERSUASION

XLII.