E TRIAL BY FIRE
IX. VICTORY IN DEFEAT
X. THE AWAKENING
XI. THE MAN ON HORSEBACK
XII. LOVE AND PRIDE
XIII. THE SPIRES OF RICHMOND
XIV. THE RETREAT
XV. TANGLED THREADS
XVI. THE CHALLENGE
XVII. THE DAY'S WORK
XVIII. DIPLOMACY
XIX. THE REBEL
XX. THE INSULT
XXI. THE BLOODIEST DAY
XXII. BENEATH THE SKIN
XXIII. THE USURPER
XXIV. THE CONSPIRACY
XXV. THE TUG OF WAR
XXVI. THE REST HOUR
XXVII. DEEPENING SHADOWS
XXVIII. THE MOONLIT RIVER
XXIX. THE PANIC
XXX. SUNSHINE AND STORM
XXXI. BETWEEN THE LINES
XXXII. THE WHIRLWIND
XXXIII. THE BROTHERS MEET
XXXIV. LOVE'S PLEDGE
XXXV. THE DARKEST HOUR
XXXVI. THE ASSASSIN
XXXVII. MR. DAVIS SPEAKS
XXXVIII. THE STOLEN MARCH
XXXIX. VICTORY
XL. WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"From a thousand throats rose the cry: 'Lee
to the rear!'" _Frontispiece_.

"'Be a man among men, for your mother's
sake--'"

"'Good-bye--Ned!' she breathed softly."
"Betty glanced at the stolid, set face and firm
lips."

"'You're a brave man, Ned Vaughan.'"

"Waving his plumed hat ... he put himself at
the head of his troops and charged."

LEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY

1809-1818

_Scene: A Cabin in the Woods_

TOM, A Man of the Forest and Stream.
NANCY, The Woman Who Saw a Vision.
THE BOY, Her Son.
DENNIS, His Cousin.
BONEY, A Fighting Coon Dog.

1861-1865

_Scene: The White House_

SENATOR GILBERT WINTER, The Radical Leader.
BETTY, His Daughter.
JOHN VAUGHAN, A Union Soldier.
NED VAUGHAN, His Brother, a Rebel.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, The President.
MRS. LINCOLN, His Wife.
PHOEBE, Her Maid.
JULIUS CAESAR THORNTON, Who Was Volunteered.
COLONEL NICOLAY, The President's Secretary.
MAJOR JOHN HAY, Assistant Secretary.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN, Who Stole a March.
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, The Man on Horseback.
ROBERT E. LEE, The Southern Commander.

THE SOUTHERNER

PROLOGUE

I

Tom seated himself at the table and looked into his wife's face with a
smile:

"Nancy, it's a meal fit for a king!"

The supper over, he smoked his pipe before the cabin fire of blazing
logs, while she cleared the wooden dishes. He watched her get the paper,
goose-quill pen and ink as a prisoner sees the scaffold building for his
execution.

"Now we're all ready," she said cheerfully.

The man laid his pipe down with a helpless look. A brief respite flashed
thr