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THE FIREBRAND

BY S. R. CROCKETT

London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1901

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WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON AND BECCLES.

Copyright in the United States of America by S. R. Crockett, 1901.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE MAKING OF AN OUTLAW
CHAPTER II. THE MAN WITHOUT A FRIEND
CHAPTER III. COCK O' THE NORTH
CHAPTER IV. A LITTLE COMB-CUTTING
CHAPTER V. THE ABBEY OF MONTBLANCH
CHAPTER VI. BROTHER HILARIO
CHAPTER VII. THE ABBOT'S DINNER
CHAPTER VIII. SANCTUARY
CHAPTER IX. THE SHADOW OF THE DESTROYER
CHAPTER X. A MAN AND HIS PRICE
CHAPTER XI. CARTEL OF DEFIANCE
CHAPTER XII. THE CRYING OF A YOUNG CHILD
CHAPTER XIII. DON TOMAS DIGS A GRAVE
CHAPTER XIV. THE HOLY INNOCENTS
CHAPTER XV. ROLLO INTERVENES
CHAPTER XVI. DON LUIS IS WILLING
CHAPTER XVII. A GRAVE IRREGULARITY
CHAPTER XVIII. A FLUTTER OF RED AND WHITE
CHAPTER XIX. SIGNALS OF STORM
CHAPTER XX. THE BUTCHER OF TORTOSA
CHAPTER XXI. TO BE SHOT AT SUNRISE!
CHAPTER XXII. HIS MOTHER'S ROSARY
CHAPTER XXIII. THE BURNING OF THE MILL-HOUSE
CHAPTER XXIV. HOW TO BECOME A SOLDIER
CHAPTER XXV. THE MISSION OF THE SEÑORITA CONCHA
CHAPTER XXVI. DEEP ROMANY
CHAPTER XXVII. THE SERGEANT AND LA GIRALDA
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DEAD AND THE LIVING
CHAPTER XXIX. A LITTLE QUEEN AT HOME
CHAPTER XXX. PALACE BURGLARS
CHAPTER XXXI. THE QUEEN'S ANTE-CHAMBER
CHAPTER XXXII. LIKE A FALLING STAR
CHAPTER XXXIII. CONCHA WAITS FOR THE MORNING
CHAPTER XXXIV. OUR ROLLO TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXXV. THE EXECUTIONER OF SALAMANCA
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DEATH-CART
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DEAD STAND SENTINEL
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