XV "BEHOLD, I AM A SPY!"

XVI "IMMEDIATELY I COME TO YOU!"

XVII THE TALL TIMBERS OF OLD HARPETH

XVIII THE CAMP HEAVEN

XIX ALL IS LOST

XX "YOU ARE--MYSELF!"




CHAPTER I

SPARKLING WAVES OVER HIGH EXPLOSIVES


Was there ever a woman who did not very greatly desire for herself, at
long moments, the doublet and hose of a man, perhaps also his sword,
as well as his attitude in the viewing of life? I think not. To a very
small number of those ladies of great curiosity it has been granted
that they climb to those ramparts of the life of a man; but it was
needful that they be stout of limb and sturdy of heart to sustain
themselves upon that eminence and not be dashed below upon the rocks
of a strange land. I, Roberta, Marquise de Grez and Bye, have obtained
glimpses into a far country and this is what I bring on returning, not