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Title: For The Admiral
Author: W.J. Marx
Release Date: November 8, 2004 [EBook #13979]
Language: English
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FOR THE ADMIRAL
W.J. MARX
_Author of "Scouting for Buller," "The British Legion," etc._
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
PUBLISHERS LONDON
_Printed in 1906_
_Butler and Panner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London_
TO MY WIFE
BUT FOR WHOSE ENCOURAGEMENT
THIS STORY WOULD NEVER
HAVE BEEN WRITTEN.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
A PERILOUS RIDE
CHAPTER II
TRACKED, OR NOT?
CHAPTER III
THE FIGHT BY THE WAY
CHAPTER IV
HOW WE KEPT THE FORD
CHAPTER V
A TRAITOR TO THE KING
CHAPTER VI
THE UNKNOWN CAVALIER
CHAPTER VII
A COMMISSION FOR THE ADMIRAL
CHAPTER VIII
THE TRAGEDY OF JARNAC
CHAPTER IX
A GLORIOUS VICTORY
CHAPTER X
I REJOIN THE ADVANCE
CHAPTER XI
A DESPERATE CONFLICT
CHAPTER XII
THE RETURN TO ROCHELLE
CHAPTER XIII
A DARING ENTERPRISE
CHAPTER XIV
SCOUTING FOR COLIGNY
CHAPTER XV
A GLORIOUS TRIUMPH
CHAPTER XVI
A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE
CHAPTER XVII
THE KING'S PROMISE
CHAPTER XVIII
A WARNING FROM L'ESTANG
CHAPTER XIX
WHO KILLED THE COURIER?
CHAPTER XX
L'ESTANG'S COURIER
CHAPTER XXI
I SAVE CORDEL'S LIFE
CHAPTER XXII
L'ESTANG TELLS HIS STORY
CHAPTER XXIII
A ROYAL MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXIV
A MYSTERIOUS WARNING
CHAPTER XXV
A DASTARDLY DEED
CHAPTER XXVI
WHAT WILL THE KING DO?
CHAPTER XXVII
THE DAY OF THE MASSACRE
CHAPTER XXVIII
FAREWELL FRANCE
L'ENVOI
CHAPTER I
A Perilous Ride
"I trust no harm has happened to my father, Jacques. The night grows
late and there are strange rumours afloat. 'Tis said that the Guises are
eager to break the peace."
"Better open warfare than this state of things, monsieur. The peace is
no peace: the king's troops are robbing and slaying as they please.
Francois of the mill told me a pretty tale of
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