Rodney, the Ranger, with Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield

title page: Rodney the Ranger, with Daniel Morgan on the Battlefield, by John V. Lane

Copyright, 1911

By L. C. Page & Company

(INCORPORATED)


All rights reserved

Made in U. S. A.

New Edition, May, 1925

Electrotyped and Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. “You––You Simpleton!” 1
II. Several People Have Troubles 12
III. How Rodney and Angus Became Friends 19
IV. Rodney’s Visit to Monticello 26
V. A Plunge Into the Forest 36
VI. A Wild Flight 48
VII. Lisbeth Writes from London 57
VIII. The Chief Who Demanded the Truth 64
IX. A White Boy Adopted by the Indians 74
X. Hating, but Waiting 80
XI. Father Mourning for Son 89
XII. In the Midst of Increasing Perils 95
XIII. The Beginning of War 104
XIV. Hornets With and Without Wings 112
XV. A Welcome Voice 119
XVI. Rodney Meets With Reverses 130
XVII. Somewhat of a Mystery 142
XVIII. Rodney Rides With Dispatches 153
XIX. Rodney to the Rescue 165
XX. Rallying Virginia’s Minute Men 176
XXI. Virginians Learning to Shoot British Troops 184
XXII. Rodney’s Sacrifice and His Mother’s 195
XXIII. In the Thick of It 205
XXIV. The Rangers Sent Against Burgoyne 218
XXV. Put to the Test 228
XXVI. Tricked, and by His Friend 240
XXVII. A Blended Rose 249
XXVIII. New Ventures With Old Acquaintances 256
XXIX. What the Package Contained 271
XXX. Rodney Rides With the Dragoons 280
XXXI. Home Again 288
XXXII. A Reward Greater Than Promotion 294

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
“That morning, a canoe containing two savages came up past him.” Frontispiece
“He rolled the dazed man on to his face and bound his arms behind his back.” 88
“He seized the money and threw it in the Chevalier’s face.” 140
“‘Say, you fellers as hev breeches ought ter bring us in a bite ter eat.’” 244

Rodney, the Ranger


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