_THE DESERTERS._


XXIV.--BETWEEN THE LINES
XXV.--PHANTASMAGORIA
XXVI.--IN THE UNION LINES
XXVII.--"THE ABSENT ARE ALWAYS IN THE WRONG"
XXVIII.--THE WORLD WENT VERY ILL THEN
XXIX.--A WOMAN'S REASON
XXX.--A GAME OF CHANCE
XXXI.--TWO BLADES OF THE SAME STEEL
XXXII.--THE LOST CARIBEES
XXXIII.--FATHER ABRAHAM'S JOKE




BOOK I.

_THE CARIBEES_.




CHAPTER I.

THE BOY IN BLUE.