A Book of Escapes And Hurried Journeys
A BOOK of ESCAPES
AND HURRIED JOURNEYS
BY
JOHN BUCHAN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
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BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.
CONTENTS
I. The Flight to Varennes 13 II. The Railway Raid in Georgia 39 III. The Escape of King Charles after Worcester 57 IV. From Pretoria to the Sea 91 V. The Escape of Prince Charles Edward 119 VI. Two African Journeys 169 VII. The Great Montrose 193 VIII. The Flight of Lieutenants Parer and M'intosh across the World 223 IX. Lord Nithsdale's Escape 237 X. Sir Robert Cary's Ride to Edinburgh 251 XI. The Escape of Princess Clementina 283 XII. On the Roof of the World 283
LIST OF PLATES
She followed Châteaudoux down the winding stairs and out into the Night Frontispiece Penderel took alarm and splashed through the water, followed by his King 64 Then another man joined the first, lit a cigar, and the two walked off together 100 A storm and a glimpse of two war-ships forced them to land 136 He and his two horses did an average of not less than eighty miles a day 184 Across the moor they saw two figures advancing 208 A crowd of Arabs approaching with obviously hostile intent 232 The sentries in the dim light were unsuspicious and let them pass 248
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