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Title: The King's Arrow
A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists

Author: H. A. Cody

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Language: English

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THE KING'S ARROW

A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists

by

H. A. CODY

Author of "The Frontiersman," "The Long Patrol," "Glen of the High North,"
"Jess of the Rebel Trail," etc.

McClelland and Stewart
Publishers Toronto
George H. Doran Company

1922,

To

MY ANCESTORS OF THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS

Who Came to the St. John River, May, 1783,

This Book is Gratefully Dedicated

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I WHEN THE CANNON ROARED
II "COME AND TAKE IT"
III CUPID'S ARROW
IV THE WARNING
V "TRY IT"
VI WHEN THE BOW-STRING TWANGED
VII OUT OF THE STORM
VIII BENEATH THE SPREADING MAPLE
IX LOVE'S CHARM
X WHILE THE WATER FLOWS
XI THE SUMMONS
XII PLOTTERS IN COUNCIL
XIII THE KING'S RANGERS
XIV WHERE THE RANGERS LED
XV THE LINE IN THE SAND
XVI UNDER COVER OF NIGHT
XVII THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY
XVIII LOYAL FRIENDS
XIX THE SMOKE SIGNAL
XX TEMPERED PUNISHMENT
XXI THROUGH THE WILDERNESS
XXII IN DESPERATE STRAITS
XXIII SIX CANDLES AND ONE
XXIV TIMON OF THE WILDERNESS
XXV UNMASKED
XXVI BEHIND THE BOLTED DOOR
XXVII THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THE STORM
XXVIII WITHIN THE LONE CABIN
XXIX SHELTERING ARMS
XXX THE ROUND-UP
XXXI PEACE AT EVENING TIME
XXXII AFTER MANY DAYS
XXXIII SEEDS OF EMPIRE

THE LOYALISTS

(1783)

"Broad lands, ance