The Prisoner of the Mill; or, Captain Hayward's "Body Guard"
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Excerpt from The Prisoner of the Mill, or Captain Hayward's "Body Guard"Oh stop! Stop! William, I can never recollect all this. You had better go your self and attend to this matter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as ...
Chapters (16)
- THE PRISONER OF THE MILL; OR, CAPTAIN HAYWARD’S “BODY GUARD.”
- CHAPTER I. Brother and Sister—Forebodings—Nettleton.
- CHAPTER II. The Tragedy of the Stream. Who was Guilty?
- CHAPTER III. The Proposal—The Interruption—The Indian —The Rescue—The Wounded Man—The Mystery.
- CHAPTER IV. Nettleton’s Adventure in a Noose—Some Important Information.
- CHAPTER V. The Court-martial and the Hostage.
- CHAPTER VI. The Gunpowder Plot and the Conspirator. The Mystery Unfolding.
- CHAPTER VII. A Live Hero—The Retrograde Army Movement.
- CHAPTER VIII. Gone!—The Signal Song.
- CHAPTER IX. The Pursuit—The Perilous Situation—Important Information.
- CHAPTER X. Hayward.
- CHAPTER XI. The Prison—The Wheel-room—Caged The Life and Death Struggle.
- CHAPTER XII. The Mountain Adventure.
- CHAPTER XIII. The Cave and the Contest for Life.
- CHAPTER XIV. The Body-Guard’s Sickness and Cure.
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
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