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RUPERT-WITH-THE-RED-PLUME. I lay long insensible, concealed by a mound of rubbish which the explosion of the bridge had thrown up between me and the sconce, where the fierce Croats and savage Spania…
THE FAIR HAIR AND THE DARK HAIR. The sun, as it shone upon my eyes next morning, awoke me. I started, gazed around, and sunk again, for I struggled with a dreamy sense of pain and oppression. I was …
DANDY DREGHORN. After a few minutes' delay, the count entered alone. He was armed just as I had seen him yesterday, and appeared somewhat jaded and fatigued. "Ah, my friend and countryman…
ERNESTINE AND GABRIELLE. Two days' nursing at the hands of these charming girls made me almost well, and fit for service. The contusion on my head no longer gave me any pain; the scar closed, a…
PROBABILITY OF ESCAPING AND LEAVING MY HEART BEHIND ME. Though this retreat was necessary for our safety, and plenty of provisions were sent to us, to the great contentment of Dandy Dreghorn, and th…
A SERIOUS MISTAKE, AND A LEARNED DISCUSSION ON WOMEN. The hours stole slowly on, and as they wore away, and the hour of escape drew nigh, my anxiety increased, more perhaps than the whole occasion m…
THE SCOUT; AND THE EFFECT OF A SNEEZE. "Welcome, thou prince of spies, and my scoutmaster-general!" said Tilly in Spanish; "be seated, señor." The scout removed his broad hat, l…
THE MARCH TOWARDS LAUENBURG. It may be easily supposed that neither Dandy Dreghorn nor I slept much for the short remainder of that eventful morning. Poor Dandy's lamentations for the plight in…
COUNT TILLY'S OPINION OF THE PRESBYTERIANS. Passing through Bleckede, a small town which is overlooked by a baronial castle, and through Radegast, both of which were plundered by the advanced g…
CAIRN NA CUIMHNE! I secretly resolved that, whether I was shot or whether I escaped, a pretty loud alarm should be given; Dandy Dreghorn was of the same opinion, for, notwithstanding his strong pred…
