Front matter
Reading edition
Author of The Prince Commands
ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES REID
D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY INCORPORATED NEW YORK 1938 LONDON
Copyright, 1938, by D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc.
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO D. B. N. In return for many miles of proof so diligently read
"How hold ye Lorne?" Rupert's softly spoken question brought the well-remembered answer to Val's lips: "By the oak leaf, by the sea wave, by the broadsword blade, thus hold we Lorne!"
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE RALESTONES COME HOME CHAPTER II. THE LUCK OF THE LORDS OF LORNE CHAPTER III. THE RALESTONES ENTERTAIN AN UNOBTRUSIVE VISITOR CHAPTER IV. PISTOLS FOR TWO—COFFEE FOR ONE CHAPTER V. THEIR TENANT DISCOVERS THE RALESTONES CHAPTER VI. SATAN GOES A-HUNTING AND FINDS WORK FOR IDLE HANDS CHAPTER VII. BY OUR LUCK! CHAPTER VIII. GREAT-UNCLE RICK WALKS THE HALL CHAPTER IX. PORTRAIT OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN CHAPTER X. INTO THE SWAMP CHAPTER XI. RALESTONES TO THE RESCUE! CHAPTER XII. THE RALESTONES BRING HOME A RELUCTANT GUEST CHAPTER XIII. ON SUCH A NIGHT AS THIS— CHAPTER XIV. PIRATE WAYS ARE HIDDEN WAYS CHAPTER XV. PIECES OF EIGHT—RALESTONES' FATE! CHAPTER XVI. RALESTONES STAND TOGETHER CHAPTER XVII. THE RETURN OF RICK RALESTONE CHAPTER XVIII. RUPERT BRINGS HOME HIS MARCHIONESS
ILLUSTRATIONS
"How hold ye Lorne?" Rupert's softly spoken question brought the well-remembered answer to Val's lips: "By the oak leaf, by the sea wave, by the broadsword blade, thus hold we Lorne!"
"I'se Lucy," she stated, thoroughly at her ease. "An' dis is Letty-Lou"
Ricky lifted off the cover. Val stared at the canvas
"It's a genuine Audubon," Charity said
Zzzzzrupp! Satan was industriously ripping the remnants of lining from its interior
The canoe floated almost of its own volition into a dead and distorted strip of country
At the bayou at last, they wriggled Jeems awkwardly into the boat
Then came a tree burdened with a small 'coon which stared at the boy piteously, its eyes green in the light
Ricky held aloft a great war sword. There could be no doubt in any of them—the Luck of Lorne had returned
RALESTONE LUCK
How hold ye Lorne? By the oak leaf, By the sea wave, By the broadsword blade, Thus hold we Lorne! The oak leaf is dust, The sea wave is gone, The broadsword is rust, How now hold ye Lorne? By our Luck, thus hold we Lorne!