221

CHAPTER XVIII.
THE FLAG OF TRUCE ON THE MEADOW 234

CHAPTER XIX.
THE RIVERLAWN CAVALRY ON THE FLANK 247

CHAPTER XX.
THE FLOWING TIDE OF THE ENEMY'S RETREAT 260

CHAPTER XXI.
DECK FINDS HIMSELF IN A TIGHT PLACE 273

CHAPTER XXII.
A LIEUTENANT AMONG THE "MISSING" 286

CHAPTER XXIII.
WITHIN THE CONFEDERATE LINES 299

CHAPTER XXIV.
A NIGHT ADVENTURE ON THE CUMBERLAND 311

CHAPTER XXV.
A BOAT VOYAGE DOWN THE GREAT RIVER 324

CHAPTER XXVI.
FOUR FUGITIVES FROM THE BATTLE-FIELD 337

CHAPTER XXVII.
THE OWNER OF THE MANSION ON THE HILL 349

CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE FIGHT BEGINS AT GROVE-HILL MANSION 362

CHAPTER XXIX.
A NEW METHOD OF OPERATIONS 375

CHAPTER XXX.
THE SURRENDER OF CAPTAIN GRUNDY 387

CHAPTER XXXI.
AN UNEXPECTED RE-ENFORCEMENT 399

CHAPTER XXXII.
DECK LYON'S PLAN OF BATTLE 411

CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE DEFEAT AND SURRENDER OF THE GUERILLAS 424

CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE GATHERING OF A NEW COMMAND 437

CHAPTER XXXV.
A FIRST LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN 450

CHAPTER XXXVI.
SCOUTING IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY. 463

ILLUSTRATIONS

"SERGEANT FRONKLYN DRAGGED THE FORM OF LIEUTENANT LYON OUT OF THE
MELEE" _Frontispiece_

ILLUSTRATED TITLE

"COME DOWN, OR YOU ARE A DEAD MAN" _Page_ 64

"THEY LAID HIM ON THE GRASS JUST AS THE RECALL WAS SOUNDED" 141

"HE SOON DISCOVERED HIS LIEUTENANT RIDING AT THE HEAD OF HIS
PLATOON" 210

"THE SHARPSHOOTERS RUSHED DOWN THE DECLIVITY" 262

"THE BALL STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD" 388

"THE UNWELCOME VISITORS POINTED THEIR WEAPONS" 461

A LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER I

GRACE MORGAN AND HER TREASURE-CHEST

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