True Stories of Girl Heroines
TRUE STORIES OF
GIRL HEROINES
BY
AUTHOR OF "GOLDEN GWENDOLYN," "THE
SILVER AXE," "OLIVIA'S EXPERIMENT," ETC.
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY
E.F. SHERIE
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & CO.
LONDON
HUTCHINSON & CO.
The brave young wife rode forth at the head of her whole garrison.
Frontispiece.]
CONTENTS
| Page | |
| INEZ ARROYA | 1 |
| CATHARINE THE ROSE | 17 |
| ELSJE VAN HOUWENING | 35 |
| GRIZEL COCHRANE | 55 |
| EVA VON GROSS | 73 |
| EMMA FITZ-OSBORN | 93 |
| ELIZABETH STUART | 111 |
| CHARLOTTE HONEYMAN | 131 |
| MARY BRIDGES | 149 |
| THERESA DUROC | 167 |
| JANE LANE | 185 |
| HELEN KOTTENER | 205 |
| MAID LILLYARD | 223 |
| MARGARET WILSON | 241 |
| AGOSTINA OF ZARAGOZA | 259 |
| AGNES BEAUMONT | 277 |
| HANNAH HEWLING | 297 |
| MONA DRUMMOND | 317 |
| JESSY VARCOE | 337 |
| URSULA PENDRILL | 355 |
| The brave young wife rode forth at the head of her whole garrison | Frontispiece |
| The first great stone leapt from her hand and went bounding and crashing upon the head of the foremost Moor | To face p. 8 |
| The Commandant pulled her down beside him before it was too late | "" 30 |
| "Is the chest to be examined before it goes on board?" | "" 48 |
| With a beating heart Grizel tore open this bundle and looked at its contents | "" 66 |
| He stopped short on seeing the Countess | ""125 |
| Suddenly, close above her, the steps came to a dead stop | ""145 |
| Theresa forgot everything in the sight of the child's peril | ""183 |
| "Well, now, I did hear as young Charles Stuart himself was taken," answered the smith | ""193 |
| The men plunged down into the vault | ""218 |
| She set herself in their ranks, and went charging down the hill | ""237 |
| A wounded man half rose from the ground at their feet | ""270 |
| Bunyan looked down at her with rather a grim smile upon his face | ""283 |
| The Judge plucked his robe out of her detaining hand | ""310 |
| "Dare to come one step nearer, and I fire" | ""335 |
| "The first man that touches him I'll kill!" cried Jessy | ""351 |
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