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HOW BERNHARD DELIVERED THE LETTER. Gabrielle had now counted that eight-and-thirty hours had elapsed since she had seen the figure of Ian appear for a moment at that angle of rock, which was the fir…
CAN SHE ESCAPE NOW? Ulrick entered, and, by the manner in which he closed the door and crossed the room, Gabrielle could perceive with terror (though there was no other light than those afforded by …
THE CRAPE SCARF OF M'ALPINE. While relating the adventures of Gabrielle, as I afterwards learned them, I must not lose sight of my own. With sixty Highland soldiers, accompanied by Angus Roy M…
THE PISTOL-SHOT. A few pages back, we left Bandolo the scout, and Bernhard his fellow-ruffian, confronting each other with knife and pistol, not sixty yards from where we were quietly seated on the …
THE MIDNIGHT FUNERAL. Ernestine had been watching our approach from a window. It was some time before she recovered from the stupefaction into which the appearance of the body of Gabrielle, and the …
HELSINGOR. It was a relief to us all when day dawned, for the great event of the night had sorely damped our spirit. The funeral was not over before an early hour; Fritz, Ian, M'Alpine, and I, …
STRALSUND. Stralsund was now the largest and most wealthy city in the Duchy of Pomerania. Boasting of an origin that dated from Sünno II., king of the Franks, and deriving its name from the narrow S…
WAR. "We have sharp service before us here, Ian," said I, as in the cold grey light of an autumn morning we paraded on deck next day for disembarkation. "Yes, Philip, and that omens …
THE FRANKENDÖR. Sir Alexander Leslie, who was designated "Governor of all the cities upon the Baltic coast," made a rapid and able survey of the whole town; and, for its immediate defence,…
THE KIRK-BELL OF GOMETRA—THE SORTIE. The siege continued for several months, with various successes and repulses—with advances on one hand, and sorties on the other. The slaughter was great in the c…
