CONTENTS

  PAGECHAPTER I. GRACE MORGAN AND HER TREASURE-CHEST 15

  CHAPTER II. PREPARATIONS FOR DECISIVE ACTION 28

  CHAPTER III. THE LIEUTENANT BAGS HIS GAME 41

  CHAPTER IV. A REFRACTORY GUERILLA CHIEF 54

  CHAPTER V. LIEUTENANT LYON ENCOUNTERS ANOTHER ENEMY 67

  CHAPTER VI. A SMART SKIRMISH IN THE ROAD 80

  CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE AT THE BREEDINGS FORT 92

  CHAPTER VIII. BEFORE THE BATTLE OF MILL SPRINGS 105

  CHAPTER IX. PREPARING FOR ANOTHER BATTLE IN THE ROAD 118

  CHAPTER X. THE SHARPSHOOTERS OF MILLERSVILLE 131

  CHAPTER XI. THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER CAVALRY FORCE 144

  CHAPTER XII. A NEW COMPANY OF MOUNTED RIFLEMEN 156

  CHAPTER XIII. A NIGHT IN A JAIL AT JAMESTOWN 169

  CHAPTER XIV. THE AIDE-DE-CAMP OF THE GENERAL 182

  CHAPTER XV. THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF A WAGON-TRAIN 195

  CHAPTER XVI. AN IMAGINARY AND A REAL BATTLE 208

  CHAPTER XVII. THE OVERWHELMING DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY 221

  CHAPTER XVIII. THE FLAG OF TRUCE ON THE MEADOW 234

  CHAPTER XIX. THE RIVERLAWN CAVALRY ON THE FLANK 247

  CHAPTER XX. THE FLOWING TIDE OF THE ENEMY'S RETREAT 260

  CHAPTER XXI. DECK FINDS HIMSELF IN A TIGHT PLACE 273

  CHAPTER XXII. A LIEUTENANT AMONG THE "MISSING" 286

  CHAPTER XXIII. WITHIN THE CONFEDERATE LINES 299

  CHAPTER XXIV. A NIGHT ADVENTURE ON THE CUMBERLAND 311

  CHAPTER XXV. A BOAT VOYAGE DOWN THE GREAT RIVER 324

  CHAPTER XXVI. FOUR FUGITIVES FROM THE BATTLE-FIELD 337

  CHAPTER XXVII. THE OWNER OF THE MANSION ON THE HILL 349

  CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FIGHT BEGINS AT GROVE-HILL MANSION 362

  CHAPTER XXIX. A NEW METHOD OF OPERATIONS 375

  CHAPTER XXX. THE SURRENDER OF CAPTAIN GRUNDY 387

  CHAPTER XXXI. AN UNEXPECTED RE-ENFORCEMENT 399

  CHAPTER XXXII. DECK LYON'S PLAN OF BATTLE 411

  CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DEFEAT AND SURRENDER OF THE GUERILLAS 424

  CHAPTER XXXIV. THE GATHERING OF A NEW COMMAND 437

  CHAPTER XXXV. A FIRST LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN 450

  CHAPTER XXXVI. SCOUTING IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY. 463