A Lost Leader: A Tale of Restoration Days

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A LOST LEADER.




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Astbury found himself looking into the black muzzle of a great horse pistol. Frontispiece] [page 102.
Astbury found himself looking into the black muzzle of a great horse pistol.
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page 102.



A LOST LEADER

A TALE OF RESTORATION DAYS.


BY

DOROTHEA TOWNSHEND.

"And I but think and speak and do
As my dead fathers move me to."
                                        R. L. STEVENSON.



ILLUSTRATED BY HAROLD PIFFARD



PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GENERAL LITERATURE
COMMITTEE.



LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.;
43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.
BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET.
NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG AND CO.




CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

Prologue—"Under which King?"
I. Vae Victis!
II. A Noble Enemy
III. The End of a Regicide
IV. The Pleasant Isle of AvÈs
V. Hidden Worth
VI. An Old Acquaintance
VII. Fate at Work
VIII. The Queen returns to Hunstanton
IX. A Precious Thing discovered late
X. Escape
XI. A Candid Minister
XII. The Ghost of Hunstanton Place
XIII. A Visionary
XIV. Fate's Sequel
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