Dick Chester
Reading edition
A Story of the Civil War
BY
G. I. WHITHAM
ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL HARDY
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I. Dick Swims the Moat II. Captain of Dent III. The Enemy at Dent IV. The Flag goes Down—and Up V. Giles makes a Sortie VI. Dick and Giles draw Lots VII. Giles's Master VIII. Dick's Disappearance IX. Master Purvis tells a Tale X. The Inn-keeper's Boy XI. The Lady Dorothy Byng XII. Dick's Cousin XIII. Lady Dorothy's Story XIV. The Coming of John Dent XV. Dick Meets Death XVI. Her Ladyship's Promise XVII. Dick goes for Help XVIII. In their Majesties' Lodgings XIX. Giles's Master again XX. Giles XXI. The End of John Dent XXII. Dick's Return XXIII. Her Ladyship Finishes her Story
ILLUSTRATIONS
Dick answers the Roundhead Messenger ... Frontis.
"He held up a bright object dangling from a silk string" [missing from source book]
"May I come in, madam?" he asked [missing from source book]
DICK CHESTER