FAIRFAX: OR, THE MASTER OF GREENWAY COURT. A Chronicle of the Valley of the Shenandoah.
BYJOHN ESTEN COOKE,
AUTHOR OF "THE VIRGINIA COMEDIANS," "SURRY OF EAGLE'S NEST," ETC.NEW YORK: G. W. CARLETON & CO., PUBLISHERS. LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO.
MDCCCLXVIII.Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by G. W. CARLETON & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York LOVEJOY, SON & CO., ELECTROTYPERS & STEREOTYPERS, 15 Vandewater Street, N. Y.
To
ONE WITH WHOM
I RODE TO GREENWAY COURT,
IN MAY, 1866.
CONTENTS.
- I.—THREE CAVALIERS. 9
- II.—GREENWAY COURT. 16
- III.—HOW CAPTAIN WAGNER BECAME UNEASY IN HIS SLEEP. 23
- IV.—HOW CAPTAIN LONGKNIFE SAW WITHOUT SEEING, AND WHAT FOLLOWED. 28
- V.—THE ESCAPE. 36
- VI.—CAPTAIN LONGKNIFE'S PRIVATE MATTERS. 41
- VII.—THE CAPTAIN RENEWS THE ATTACK. 48
- VIII.—HOW GEORGE WAS LED BY PROVIDENCE. 52
- IX.—HOW GEORGE MADE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF CANNIE. 56
- X.—A SINGULAR PERSONAGE. 60
- XI.—THE WILD HUNTSMAN. 63
- XII.—THE DRAMA COMMENCES. 66
- XIII.—HOW FALCONBRIDGE HAD A STRANGE DREAM. 72
- XIV.—THE NEXT MORNING. 74
- XV.—HOW LORD FAIRFAX INFORMED THE CAPTAIN OF A FAMILY PROPHECY. 76
- XVI.—HOW CAPTAIN WAGNER DECLARED WAR ON HIS PRIVATE ACCOUNT AGAINST LORD FAIRFAX. 81
- XVII.—MONSIEUR JAMBOT'S DEATH'S HEAD. 87
- XVIII.—HOW CAPTAIN WAGNER PREDICTED HIS FUTURE FAME. 91
- XIX.—OLD MEMORIES. 99
- XX.—FIRST LOVE. 101
- XXI.—CAPTAIN WAGNER GOES TO CALL UPON HIS FRIENDS. 105
- XXII.—THE CAPTAIN REVELS IN THE CREATIONS OF HIS FANCY. 108
- XXIII.—CAPTAIN WAGNER DISCOURSES ON THE NATURE OF PANTHERS. 114
- XXIV.—REFLECTIONS OF CAPTAIN LONGKNIFE. 120
- XXV.—HOW THE TOWN OF STEPHENSBURG, OTHERWISE NEWTOWN, WAS SOLD FOR A FLAGON OF PUNCH. 122
- XXVI.—THE DAGGER IN THE HEART. 130
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- XXVII.—FALCONBRIDGE PARTS WITH HIS MOTHER'S RING. 134
- XXVIII.—THE LETTER. 138
- XXIX.—THE THREADS OF THE WOOF. 142
- XXX.—THE ARREST. 148
- XXXI.—LIGHTFOOT. 152
- XXXII.—HOW CAPTAIN WAGNER OVERTHREW HIS ADVERSARY. 155
- XXXIII.—THE WIZARD OF THE MASSINUTTON. 161
- XXXIV.—THE PRISONER AND THE JUDGE. 169
- XXXV.—THE RESEMBLANCE. 176
- XXXVI.—CAMPAIGN OF GENERAL LONGKNIFE. 182
- XXXVII.—THE EARL AND FALCONBRIDGE. 191
- XXXVIII.—THE PORTRAIT. 196
- XXXIX.—THE OLYMPIAN IRE OF CAPTAIN LONGKNIFE. 199
- XL.—THE BEGINNING OF THE END. 203
- XLI.—PROGRESS. 209
- XLII.—IN THE MOUNTAIN. 214
- XLIII.—HOW AN ANIMAL CHANGED THE DESTINIES OF THREE HUMAN BEINGS. 218
- XLIV.—IN WHICH CAPTAIN WAGNER REQUESTS MONSIEUR JAMBOT TO PULL HIS NOSE. 223
- XLV.—THE LAMIA. 231
- XLVI.—HOW FALCONBRIDGE KINDLED A FIRE TO SEE BY. 235
- XLVII.—PRELIMINARIES. 242
- XLVIII.—THE ARRANGEMENT. 247
- XLIX.—THE COMBAT. 251
- L.—HOW FALCONBRIDGE RECOVERED HIS MOTHER'S RING. 258
- LI.—THE APOLOGY. 267
- LII.—THE COURIER. 373
- LIII.—THE BALL IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER. 278
- LIV.—THE ORIGINALS OF THE PORTRAIT. 286
- LV.—WHAT THE PACKAGE TORN BY THE BEAR CONTAINED. 291
- LVI.—CONCLUSION OF THE EARL'S NARRATIVE. 298
- LVII.—THE CONFLAGRATION. 305
- LVIII.—THE SEARCH. 311
- LIX.—AT THE HOUSE IN THE MOUNTAIN. 313
- LX.—THE DEVIL'S GARDEN. 317
- LXI.—THE HALF-BREED. 320
- LXII.—THE TRAIL. 327
- LXIII.—LIGHTFOOT AND CANNIE. 332
- LXIV.—THE SLAVE AND HIS MISTRESS. 341
- LXV.—CALIBAN AND MIRANDA. 348
- LXVI.—LIGHT SHINING IN THE DARKNESS. 355
- LXVII.—THE RIVAL OF THE HALF-BREED. 358
- LXVIII.—THE MARCH OF THE HUNTERS. 360
- LXIX.—THE SON OF WAR EAGLE. 364
- LXX.—THE CONFESSION. 368
- LXXI.—THE FLIGHT. 372
- LXXII.—THE BORDERER AND THE HALF-BREED. 376
- LXXIII.—THE YOUNG INDIAN. 385
- LXXIV.—THE YOUNG CAVALIER. 388
- LXXV.—THE DAUGHTER OF THE STARS. 394
- LXXVI.—THE HEART OF LORD FAIRFAX. 399
- LXXVII.—THE HEART OF GEORGE. 401
