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  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER

  I. THE BOWLING-GREEN OF THE "CROWN"

  II. THE YOUNG MAN IN THE CLOAK OF AMBER SATIN

  III. I FIND MYSELF IN A TAVERN BRAWL; AND BARELY ESCAPE

  IV. I TAKE THE ROAD

  V. MY ADVENTURE AT THE "THREE CUPS"

  VI. THE FLIGHT IN THE PINE WOOD

  VII. I FIND A COMRADE

  VIII. I LOSE THE KING'S LETTER; AND AM CARRIED TO BRISTOL

  IX I BREAK OUT OF PRISON

  X. CAPTAIN POTTERY AND CAPTAIN SETTLE

  XI. I RIDE DOWN INTO TEMPLE; AND AM WELL TREATED THERE

  XII. HOW JOAN SAVED THE ARMY OF THE WEST; AND SAW THE FIGHT ON BRADDOCKDOWN

  XIII. I BUY A LOOKING GLASS AT BODMIN FAIR; AND MEET WITH MR. HANNIBALTINGCOMB

  XIV. I DO NO GOOD IN THE HOUSE OF GLEYS

  XV. I LEAVE JOAN AND RIDE TO THE WARS

  XVI. THE BATTLE OF STAMFORD HEATH

  XVII. I MEET WITH A HAPPY ADVENTURE BY BURNING OF A GREEN LIGHT

  XVIII. JOAN DOES ME HER LAST SERVICE

  XIX THE ADVENTURE OF THE HEARSE

  XX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE LEDGE; AND HOW I SHOOK HANDS WITH MY COMRADE