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Title: The Militants
Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World

Author: Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

Release Date: March 29, 2005 [EBook #15496]

Language: English

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THE MILITANTS

_"The sword of the Lord and of Gideon."_

BOOKS BY MARY R.S. ANDREWS

PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

The Militants. Illustrated $1.50

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[Illustration: "I took her in my arms and held her."]

THE MILITANTS

STORIES OF SOME PARSONS, SOLDIERS

AND OTHER FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD

BY

MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1907

Published, May, 1907

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF A MAN WHO WAS WITH HIS
WHOLE HEART A PRIEST AND WITH HIS WHOLE STRENGTH A SOLDIER OF THE
CHURCH MILITANT.

JACOB SHAW SHIPMAN

CONTENTS

_I. The Bishop's Silence_

_II. The Witnesses_

_III. The Diamond Brooches_

_IV. Crowned with Glory and Honor_

_V. A Messenger_

_VI. The Aide-de-Camp_

_VII. Through the Ivory Gate_

_VIII. The Wife of the Governor_

_IX. The Little Revenge_

ILLUSTRATIONS

_"I took her in my arms and held her"_

_"Many waters shall not wash out love", said Eleanor_

_He stared into the smoldering fire_

_"Look!" he said, and Miles swung about toward the ridge behind_

_"I got behind a turn and fired as a man came on alone"_

_"I reckon I shall have to ask you to not pick any more of those
roses," a voice said_

_"You see, the boat is very new and clean, Miss," he was saying_

_I felt myself pulled by two pairs of hands_

THE BISHOP'S SILENCE

The Bishop was walking across the fields to afternoon service. It was