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Title: The Devil's Own
A Romance of the Black Hawk War

Author: Randall Parrish

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THE DEVIL'S OWN

A Romance of the Black Hawk War

by

RANDALL PARRISH

Author of
"Contraband," "When Wilderness Was King,"
"Beyond The Frontier," Etc.

With Frontispiece by the Kinneys

[Frontispiece: "Tell me--please," she begged. "Is
the man dead?"]

A. L. Burt Company
Publishers ---------- New York
Published by arrangement with A. C. McClurg & Company
Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1917
Published October, 1917
Copyrighted in Great Britain
Printed in the United States

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I At Old Fort Armstrong
II On Furlough
III History of the Beaucaires
IV The End of the Game
V Kirby Shows His Hand
VI Into the Black Water
VII Picking Up the Threads
VIII I Decide My Duty
IX The Home of Judge Beaucaire
X A Girl at Bay
XI To Save a "Nigger"
XII We Capture a Keel-Boat
XIII Seeking the Underground
XIV The Dawn of Deeper Interest
XV The Cabin of Amos Shrunk
XVI The Trail of the Raiders
XVII We Face Disaster
XVIII The Loss of Rene
XIX On Board the _Adventurer_
XX The Story of Elsie dark
XXI The Landing at Yellow Banks
XXII My Friend, the Deputy Sheriff
XXIII A New Job
XXIV Kirby and I Meet
XXV The Fugitives
XXVI The Island in the Swamp
XXVII We Choose Our Course
XXVIII A Field of Massacre
XXIX The Valley of the Bureau
XXX We Accept a Refugee
XXXI The Valley of the Shadow
XXX