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Title: The Lily and the Cross
A Tale of Acadia

Author: James De Mille

Release Date: January 27, 2010 [EBook #31096]

Language: English

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[Illustration: A Meeting In Mid Ocean.]

The

LILY AND THE CROSS.

A Tale of Acadia.

By

PROF. JAMES DE MILLE,

Author Of "the Dodge Club," "Cord And Creese," "the B. O. W. C.
Stories," "the Young Dodge Club," Etc

ILLUSTRATED.

BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, By LEE AND
SHEPARD, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
A Voice Out Of The Deep

CHAPTER II.
A Meeting In Mid Ocean

CHAPTER III.
New Friends

CHAPTER IV.
Mimi And Margot

CHAPTER V.
A Strange Revelation

CHAPTER VI.
A French Frigate

CHAPTER VII.
Caught In A Trap

CHAPTER VIII.
Under Arrest

CHAPTER IX.
Grand Pre

CHAPTER X.
Alone In The World

CHAPTER XI.
A Friend In Need

CHAPTER XII.
The Parson Among The Philistines

CHAPTER XIII.
A Stroke For Liberty

CHAPTER XIV.
Manoeuvres Of Zac

CHAPTER XV.
Flight

CHAPTER XVI.
Reunion

CHAPTER XVII.
Among Friends

CHAPTER XVIII.
Louisbourg

CHAPTER XIX.
The Captive And The Captors

CHAPTER XX.
Examinations

CHAPTER XXI.
A Ray Of Light

CHAPTER XXII.
Escape

CHAPTER XXIII.
Pursuit

CHAPTER XXIV.
Zac And Margot

CHAPTER XXV.
The Court Martial

CHAPTER XXVI.
News From Home

THE LILY AND THE CROSS.

A TALE OF ACADIA.

CHAPTER I.

A VOICE OUT OF THE DEEP.

Once upon a time there was a schooner belonging to Boston which was
registered under the somewhat singular name of the "Rev. Amos Adams."
This was her formal title, used on state occasions, and was, no
doubt, quite as appropriate as the more pretentious one of the "Duke
of Marlborough," or the "Lord Warden." As a general thing, however,
people designated her in a less formal manner, using the simpler and
shorter title of the "Pars