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Friends Though Divided: A Tale of the Civil War (Classic Reprint)
Friends Though Divided A Tale of the Civil War - Classic Reprint Author:G. A. Henty FRIENDS, THOUGH DIVIDED. CHAPTER I. the eve of the war. It was a pleasant afternoon in the month of July, 1(542, when three young people sat together on a shady bank at the edge of a wood some three miles from Oxford. The country was undulating and picturesque, and a little more than a mile in front of them rose the lofty spire of St. Helen's, A... more »bingdon. The party consisted of two lads, who were about fifteen years of age, and a girl of ten. The lads, although of about the same height and build, were singularly unlike. Herbert Rippinghall was dark and grave, his dress somber in hue, but good in material and well made. Harry Furness was a fair and merry-looking boy; good humor was the distinguishing characteristic of his face; his somewhat bright and fashionably cut clothes were carelessly put on, and it was clear that no thought of his own appearance or good looks entered his mind. He wore his hair in ringlets, and had on his head a broad hat of felt with a white feather, while hi
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CONTENTS; CHAPTER I page; I'he Eve of the War 1; CHAPTER II; For the King 12; CHAPTER III; A Brawl at Oxford 24; CHAPTER IV; Breaking Prison 37; CHAPTER V; A Mission of State 50; CHAPTER VI; A Narrow Escape 63; CHAPTER VII; In a Hot Place 75; CHAPTER VIII; The Defense of an Outpost 88; CHAPTER IX; A Stubborn Defense 102; CHAPTER X; The Commissioner of the Convention 114; CHAPTER XI; Montrose 128; CHAPTER XII; An Escape from Prison 142; vi COtfTEXTB; CHAPTER XIII pjidB; Public Events 153; CHAPTER XIV An Attempt to Rescue the King LC8; CHAPTER XV; A Riot in the City 180; CHAPTER XVI; Tbe Execution of King Charles 193; CHAPTER XVII Tbo Siege of Droglieda 205; CHAPTER XVIII Slaves in the Bermudas 219; CHAPTER XIX A Sea Fight 232; CHAPTER XX; With tbe Scotch Army 245; CHAPTER XXI; The Path Across the Morass 258; CHAPTER XXII Kidnaped >271; CHAPTER XXIII The Battle of Worcester 28il; CHAPTER XXIV Across the Sea295; CHA« less