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Title: Rodney The Partisan

Author: Harry Castlemon

Illustrator: George G. White

Release Date: July 3, 2009 [EBook #29300]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: RODNEY BIDS HIS MOTHER FAREWELL.]

CASTLEMON'S WAR SERIES,

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RODNEY THE PARTISAN

BY

HARRY CASTLEMON,

AUTHOR OF "GUNBOAT SERIES," "ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES,"
"SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES," ETC., ETC.

Four Illustrations by Geo. G. White.

PHILADELPHIA:

PORTER & COATES

COPYRIGHT, 1890,

BY

PORTER & COATES.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER PAGE

I.--RODNEY KEEPS HIS PROMISE, . . . 5

II.--THE RANGERS ELECT OFFICERS, . . 29

III.--DRILLS AND PARADES, . . . . . . 53

IV.--A SCHEME THAT DIDN'T WORK, . . 78

V.--A WARNING, . . . . . . . . . . 99

VI.--UNDER SUSPICION, . . . . . . . 124

VII.--THE EMERGENCY MEN, . . . . . . 149

VIII.--RODNEY PROVES HIS FRIENDSHIP, . 172

IX.--ON THE ROAD, . . . . . . . . . 196

X.--COMPARING NOTES, . . . . . . . 218

XI.--RODNEY MAKES A TRADE, . . . . . 241

XII.--TWICE SURPRISED, . . . . . . . 264

XIII.--WITH PRICE'S MEN, . . . . . . . 287

XIV.--"HURRAH FOR BULL RUN!" . . . . 312

XV.--A FULL-FLEDGED PARTISAN, . . . 334

XVI.--THE CONSCRIPTION ACT, . . . . . 357

XVII.--RODNEY MEETS A FRIEND, . . . . 378

XVIII.--CONCLUSION, . . . . . . . . . . 399

RODNEY, THE PARTISAN.

CHAPTER I.

RODNEY KEEPS HIS PROMISE.

"So you are going to stick to your uniform, are you? I thought perhaps