Index:The red true story book.djvu
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Wilson's Last Fight 1 The Life and Death of Joan the Maid 19 How the Bass was held for King James 92 The Crowning of Inesde Castro 99 The Story of Orthon 105 How Gustavus Vasa won his Kingdom 114 Monsieur de Bayard's Duel . 122 Story of Gudbrand of the Dales 125 Sir Richard Grenville 132 The Story of Molly Pitcher 137 The Voyages, Dangerous Adventures, and Imminent Escapes of Captain Richard Falconer 141 Marbot's March - 150 Eylau. The Mare Lisette . 162 How Marbot crossed the Danube . 175 The piteous Death of Gaston, Son of the Count of Foix- 186 Rolf Stake 191 The Wreck of the 'Wager'. 195 Peter Williamson . 213 A Wonderful Voyage 226 The Pitcairn Islanders . . 238 The Fight at Svolder Island .252 The Death of Hacon the Good 261 Prince Charlie's War 265 The Burke and Wills Exploring Expedition . 324 The Story of Emund 346 The Man in White 354 The Adventures of 'the Bull of Earlstoun' 358 The Story of Grisell Baillie's Sheep's Head 366 The Conquest of Peru 371 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES 'In the Borghese gardens practised that royal game of golf frontispiece JiLst as his arm loas pois2d I fired .... 10 Joan in church 24 Joan rides to Chinon 38 Joan tells the King liis secret ......42 TJie English Archers beirayed by tJtc Stag .64 The Coronation of Charles VII .... 68 'Instantly a gust of Wind blew her off the rock into the sea ' 92 'One man . . . stalked about the deck and flourished a cutlass . . . shouting that he ivas " king of the country " ' . 196 The Indian threatens Peter Williamson 214 'Another party of Indians arrived, bringing twenty scalps and three prisoners' 218 The savages attack the boat 230 'The madman dwelt alone ' 242 King Olaf leaps overboard 256 'In the Borghese gardens practised that royal game of golf 266 'I will, though not another man in the Highlands should draiu a sword 272 'He galloped tip the streets of Edinburgh shouting, " Victory ! Victory " ' 294 Manco Qapac and Mama Ocllo Huaco, the Children of the Sun, come from Lake Titicaca to govern and civilise the tribes of Peru 374 In one cave the soldiers found vases of pure gold, etc. 412 WOODCUTS IN TEXT One of them Lifted his assegai 17 ' The Fairy Tree ' . . . 20 Joan hears the Voice . . 28 Robert thinks Joan crazed . 34 ' Sir, this is ill done of you ' . 37 ' In a better language than yours,' said Joan . . . 4G ' Lead him to the Cross ! ' cried she . . . .50 Then spurred she her horse . . . and xnit out the flame ' 53 Joan is icounded by the arrow 57 ' Now arose adisputc among the captains ' . . . . 61 One Englishman at least died well 63 Joan challenges the English to sally forth . . .73 ' Go she would not till she had taken that town' . . . 79 Joan Captured . . .83 Joan at Beaurevoir . . . 85 ' They burned Joan the Maid ' 89 The Bass attacked by the frigates . . . .97 Ines pleads for her life . . 101 ' I will send you a champion whom you will fear more than yon fear me ' . . 107 Ortlwn's last appearance . .112 Gtistavus leaves school for good ! . . . . .115 ' Lazy loon ! Have you no tvork todoV . . . . 119 ' Surrender, Don Alonzo, or you are a dead man ! ' . 123 ' In the following night Gudbrand dreamed a dream ' .127 The destruction of the idol . 130 ' Still he cried to his men, " Fight on, fight on .' " ' . . 134 Molly takes her husband's place 139 ' As we approached we saw the pirate sinking ' . . . 143 Falconer knocks doicn a bird 145 Falconer returns to his coin- panions .... 148 'Then, drawing their swords, they dashed at the rest ' 152 MarboVs fight with the Carabineers in the alley 157 Lisette catches the thief in the stable ..... 164 ' I regarded myself as a horseman who is trying to win a steeplechase ' . . . . 166 Lisette carries off the Russian officer 169 'Guided by the transport man he reached me and found me living ' 172 '"I will go, sir," I cried ' 177 ' We had to saw the rope ' . . 182 ' The Count leaped up, a knife in his hand ' . . . 188 Gaston in prison . . .189 ' But now here sits in the high seat a thin stake ' 192 ' He fleeth not the flame Who leapcth o'er the same ' . 193 The Captain shoots Mr. Cozens 202 Mr. Hamilton's fight tcith the sea-lion 205 The Cacique fires off the gun . 208 Byron rides past the turnpikes 211 Xll LIST OF ILLUSTBATIONS The captain cjuardcd hy the mutineers . . . . 228 The Pitcairn islanders on board the English frigate . 239 Old John Adams teaches the children . .... 245 Death of the supercargo . . 248 ' None will now deny that " Long Snake " sails by^ . 255 Hacon casts his shield away . 263 ' Go, sir, to your general ; tell hivi what you, have seen . . .' 276 Escape of the Duke of Perth . 281 •* Li many a panelled parlour ' 284 ' Och no ! she be relieved ' . 287 Mrs. Murray of Broughton distributes cockades to the c-oivd 289 James More wounded at Prestonpans . . . 293 Crossing Shap Fell . . . 301 ' Many had their broadsiuords and dirks sharpened ' . 304
TJie poor boy fell, mortally wounded . . . .311 The ' Bout of Moy ' . . . 315 The end of Cullodcn . . 322 The advance party of eight started on October 29 ' . . 327
Golah is abandoned . . 332 ' King, they are gone / ' . . 337 Death of Burke . . . 342 Bessd introduced to the Man in Mliite . . . . 355 ' Saio reflected in the mirror the white figure ' 356 ' Sometimes lie xvould find a party searching for him quite close at hand ' . . 360 Alexander Gordon wood- chopping in the disguise of a labourer .... 3G2 Grisell brings the sheep's head to her father in the vault . 367 A Peruvian postman . . 381 Almagro tconnded in the eye . 387 Many of the Spaniards were killed by the snakes and alligators . . . . 389 Amazement of the hidians at seeing a cavalier fall from his horse .... 391 Pizarro sees llamas for the first time 393 The cavalier displays Jiis horse- manship before Atahuallpa 401 The friar tirges Pizarro to attack the Peruvians . . 404 The Spatiiards destroy the idol at Pachacamac . . . 407 |
