Text extracted from opening pages of book: A Carolina Cavalier A ROMANCE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY GEORGE GARY EGGLESTON AUTHOR OF A REBEL'S RECOLLECTIONS, SOUTHESK SOLDIER STORIES, THE LAST OF THE FLATBOATS, ETC, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY C. D. WILLIAMS BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Good-bye, Sweetheart. ( See page TOO.} COPYRIGHT, 1901, By LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY. Copyright 1929, BY MRS. MARION C. EGGLESTON A CAROLINA CAVALIER 22ND Thousand^ February, 1932 TABLE of CONTENTS CHAPTER I FAGI Which goes to show that an introduction may be dispensed with upon occasion . . , . x j CHAPTER II Two men in a boat . 29 CHAPTER III In which Roger Alton encounters an embarrassment 44 CHAPTER IF In which destiny takes the helm . . 69 CHAPTER 7 In which Helen tells a little story , , , 7 CHAPTER 71 Good-by, sweetheart . . . . 94 CHAPTER 711 In which Roger Alton encounters the enemy , 104 CHAPTER 7 II I Alton House 125 CHAPTER IX Jack I4 o TABLE of CONTENTS CHAPTER X PAGE Men in council 149 CHAPTER XI A love and life perplexity . . . t 168 CHAPTER XII Tiger Bill 174 CHAPTER XI 11 Tiger Bill's letter 184 CHAPTER XI V A stirrup cup I9 o CHAPTER XV In which Roger Alton loses his temper , . 200 CHAPTER XV I Humphreys 2ig CHAPTER XVII A first smell of powder 228 CHAPTER XV 111 A love letter 238 TABLE of CONTENTS CHAPTER XIX PAG1 A battle in the dark ..... 243 CHAPTER XX Which maidenly modesty makes very brief . 258 CHAPTER XXI In which Captain Alton meets the enemy and a friend ........ 260 CHAPTER XXII Under the iron heel 274 CHAPTER XXIII War's new birth . . . 286 CHAPTER XXIV In which an enthusiastic young gentleman saves a hundred guineas 305 CHAPTER XXV Captain Jack's devices 311 CHAPTER XXVI In the hands of the enemy . , , ,326 CHAPTER XXVII