Front matter

“THAT MORNING, A CANOE CONTAINING TWO SAVAGES CAME UP PAST HIM.” (See page 119)

Copyright, 1911

By L. C. Page & Company

(INCORPORATED)

All rights reserved

Made in U. S. A.

New Edition, May, 1925

Electrotyped and Printed by THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. “You––You Simpleton!” 1

II. Several People Have Troubles 12

III. How Rodney and Angus Became Friends 19

IV. Rodney’s Visit to Monticello 26

V. A Plunge Into the Forest 36

VI. A Wild Flight 48

VII. Lisbeth Writes from London 57

VIII. The Chief Who Demanded the Truth 64

IX. A White Boy Adopted by the Indians 74

X. Hating, but Waiting 80

XI. Father Mourning for Son 89

XII. In the Midst of Increasing Perils 95

XIII. The Beginning of War 104

XIV. Hornets With and Without Wings 112

XV. A Welcome Voice 119

XVI. Rodney Meets With Reverses 130

XVII. Somewhat of a Mystery 142

XVIII. Rodney Rides With Dispatches 153

XIX. Rodney to the Rescue 165

XX. Rallying Virginia’s Minute Men 176

XXI. Virginians Learning to Shoot British Troops 184

XXII. Rodney’s Sacrifice and His Mother’s 195

XXIII. In the Thick of It 205

XXIV. The Rangers Sent Against Burgoyne 218

XXV. Put to the Test 228

XXVI. Tricked, and by His Friend 240

XXVII. A Blended Rose 249

XXVIII. New Ventures With Old Acquaintances 256

XXIX. What the Package Contained 271

XXX. Rodney Rides With the Dragoons 280

XXXI. Home Again 288

XXXII. A Reward Greater Than Promotion 294

ILLUSTRATIONS

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“That morning, a canoe containing two savages came up past him.” Frontispiece

“He rolled the dazed man on to his face and bound his arms behind his back.” 88

“He seized the money and threw it in the Chevalier’s face.” 140

“‘Say, you fellers as hev breeches ought ter bring us in a bite ter eat.’” 244