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Title: Prisoners of Hope
A Tale of Colonial Virginia

Author: Mary Johnston

Release Date: June 21, 2007 [EBook #21886]

Language: English

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PRISONERS OF HOPE

A Tale of Colonial Virginia

BY

MARY JOHNSTON

AUTHOR OF "TO HAVE AND TO HOLD," "AUDREY," ETC.

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

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COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY MARY JOHNSTON

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINTH THOUSAND

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TO MY FATHER

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A SLOOP COMES IN 1
II. ITS CARGO 15
III. A COLONIAL DINNER PARTY 27
IV. THE BREAKING HEART 40
V. IN THE THREE-MILE FIELD 50
VI. THE HUT ON THE MARSH 60
VII. A MENDER OF NETS 71
VIII. THE NEW SECRETARY 86
IX. AN INTERRUPTED WOOING 91
X. LANDLESS PAYS THE PIPER 100
XI. LANDLESS BECOMES A CONSPIRATOR 108
XII. A DARK DEED 117
XIII. IN THE TOBACCO HOUSE 129
XIV. A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION 137
XV. THE WATERS OF CHESAPEAKE 150
XVI. THE FACE IN THE DARK 162
XVII. LANDLESS AND PATRICIA 173
XVIII. A CAPTURE 185
XIX. THE LIBRARY OF THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL 193
XX. WHEREIN THE PEACE PIPE IS SMOKED 205
XXI. THE DUEL 219
XXII. THE TOBACCO HOUSE AGAI