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Title: Marcy The Blockade Runner

Author: Harry Castlemon

Illustrator: George G. White

Release Date: July 12, 2009 [EBook #29387]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Frontispiece: MARCY AND THE OVERSEER.]

CASTLEMON'S WAR SERIES.

MARCY

THE

BLOCKADE-RUNNER

BY

HARRY CASTLEMON,

AUTHOR OF "GUNBOAT SERIES," "ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES,"

"SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES," ETC., ETC.

Four Illustrations by Geo. G. White.

PHILADELPHIA:

PORTER & COATES.

Copyright, 1891,

BY

PORTER & COATES.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. MARCY HAS A VISITOR, 1

II. HIDING THE FLAGS, 26

III. BEARDSLEY BETRAYS HIMSELF, 52

IV. TWO NARROW ESCAPES, 77

V. A CAT WITHOUT CLAWS, 105

VI. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE, 125

VII. THE mate's LUCKY SHOT, 150

VIII. A NOISE AT THE WINDOW, 174

IX. THE "_SUMTER_" LOSES A PRIZE, 197

X. A COOL PROPOSITION, 219

XI. THE BANNER ON THE WALL, 241

XII. CONFLICTING REPORTS, 268

XIII. UNION OR CONFEDERATE--WHICH? 292

XIV. JULIUS IN TROUBLE, 317

XV. THE ENCHANTED LOOKING-GLASS, 339

XVI. OFF FOR THE FLEET, 362

XVII. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING, 381

XVIII. CONCLUSION, 403

MARCY, THE BLOCKADE-RUNNER,

CHAPTER I.

MARCY