CONTENTS:

Preface.
Chapter 1: A Rescue.
Chapter 2: The Showman's Grandchild.
Chapter 3: The Justice Room.
Chapter 4: The Squire's Granddaughter.
Chapter 5: A Quiet Time.
Chapter 6: A Storm.
Chapter 7: Pressed.
Chapter 8: Discharged.
Chapter 9: The Defeat Of Braddock.
Chapter 10: The Fight At Lake George.
Chapter 11: Scouting.
Chapter 12: A Commission.
Chapter 13: An Abortive Attack.
Chapter 14: Scouting On Lake Champlain.
Chapter 15: Through Many Perils.
Chapter 16: The Massacre At Fort William Henry.
Chapter 17: Louisbourg And Ticonderoga.
Chapter 18: Quebec.
Chapter 19: A Dangerous Expedition.
Chapter 20: The Path Down The Heights.
Chapter 21: The Capture Of Quebec.




Chapter 1: A Rescue.


Most of the towns standing on our seacoast have suffered a radical
change in the course of the last century. Railways, and the fashion of
summer holiday making, have transformed them altogether, and great
towns have sprung up where fishing villages once stood. There are a few
places, however, which seem to have been passed by, by the crowd. The
number yearly becomes smaller, as the iron roads throw out fresh
branches. With the advent of these comes the speculative builder. Rows
of terraces and shops are run up, promenades are made, bathing machines
and brass bands become familiar objects, and in a few years the
original character of the place altogether disappears.

Sidmouth, for a long time, was passed by, by the world of holiday
makers. East and west of her, great changes took place, and many far
smaller villages became fashionable seaside watering places. The
railway, which passed by some twelve miles away, carried its tens of
thousands westward, but left few of them for Sidmouth, and anyone who
visited the pretty little place, fifteen years back, would have seen it
almost as it stood when our story opens a century ago.