's rescue from execution as a spy and the siege of
Yorktown follow.

In the present volume Peggy's friends rally about her when her Cousin
Clifford is in danger of capture. The exciting events of the story
show the unsettled state of the country after the surrender of
Cornwallis.

Contents

I. A SMALL DINNER BECOMES A PARTY 11

II. PEGGY IS SURPRISED 26

III. ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA 40

IV. THE SEARCH 53

V. FRIENDS IN NEED 69

VI. APPEARANCES AGAINST HER 81

VII. DAVID OWEN IS INFORMED OF THE FACTS 94

VIII. BEFORE THE COUNCIL 108

IX. OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE 120

X. A RACE FOR LIFE 134

XI. THE CHOICE OF FAIRFAX 144

XII. "THEY MUST GO HOME" 163

XIII. A WOMAN'S WIT 176

XIV. MARCHING ORDERS 194

XV. THE ATTACK ON THE BLOCKHOUSE 215

XVI. "OF WHAT WAS HE GUILTY?" 227

XVII. A GLIMPSE OF HOME 244

XVIII. HEROD OUT HERODED 256

XIX. THE TURN OF THE WHEEL 272

XX. A SLIGHT EMPHASIS OF "THAT" 285

XXI. CHOSEN BY LOT 303

XXII. WHAT CAN BE DONE? 318

XXIII. A LITTLE HUMOR DESPITE A GRIM SITUATION 334

XXIV. "THEE MAY TELL HIM AT THE LAST" 348

XXV. AT HEADQUARTERS 363

XXVI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GLEN 376

XXVII. THE SAFEGUARD OF HIS HONOR 392

XXVIII. "HOW COULD SHE KNOW?" 407

XXIX. IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH 424

XXX. AND THEN THE END 437

Illustrations

PAGE

"WHY, IT'S FATHER!" _Frontispiece_

"CLOSE THE DOOR" 47

THE TWO GIRLS SET FORTH 97

A SHOWER OF BULLETS FELL ABOUT THE SLEIGH 138

A CRY OF ANGUISH WENT UP 221

"WHERE IS THEE GOING?" 268

"I KNEEL TO YOU,