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Title: The Battle Ground

Author: Ellen Glasgow

Release Date: January 8, 2007 [EBook #6872]
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THE
BATTLE GROUND

By ELLEN GLASGOW

Author of "THE WHEEL OF LIFE," "THE
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE" "THE
DELIVERANCE."

A. L. BURT COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

To
The Beloved Memory of My Mother

CONTENTS

BOOK FIRST
GOLDEN YEARS

I. "De Hine Foot er a He Frawg"
II. At the Full of the Moon
III. The Coming of the Boy
IV. A House with an Open Door
V. The School for Gentlemen
VI. College Days

BOOK SECOND
YOUNG BLOOD

I. The Major's Christmas
II. Betty dreams by the Fire
III. Dan and Betty
IV. Love in a Maze
V. The Major loses his Temper
VI. The Meeting in the Turnpike
VII. If this be Love
VIII. Betty's Unbelief
IX. The Montjoy Blood
X. The Road at Midnight
XI. At Merry Oaks Tavern
XII. The Night of Fear
XIII. Crabbed Age and Callow Youth
XIV. The Hush before the Storm

BOOK THIRD
THE SCHOOL OF WAR

I. How Merry Gentlemen went to War
II. The Day's March
III. The Reign of the Brute
IV. After the Battle
V. The Woman's Part
VI. On the Road to Romney
VII. "I wait my Time"
VIII. The Altar of the War God
IX. The Montjoy Blood again

BOOK FOURTH
THE RETURN OF THE VANQUISHED

I. The Ragged Army
II. A Straggler from the Ranks
III. The Cabin in the Woods
IV. In the Silence of the Guns
V. "The Place Thereof"
VI. The Peaceful Side of War
VII. The Silent Battle
VIII. The Last Stand
IX. In the Hour of Defeat
X. On the March again
XI. The Return

BOOK FIRST

GOLDEN YEARS

I

"DE HINE FOOT ER A HE FRAWG"

Toward the close of an early summer afternoon, a little girl came running
al