XI. IN FLIGHT AGAIN

XII. ELIZABETH'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

XIII. ANOTHER GRANDMOTHER

XIV. IN A NEW WORLD

XV. AN EVENTFUL PICNIC

XVI. ALONE AGAIN

XVII. A FINAL FLIGHT AND PURSUIT




CHAPTER I

THE GIRL, AND A GREAT PERIL


The late afternoon sun was streaming in across the cabin floor as the girl
stole around the corner and looked cautiously in at the door.

There was a kind of tremulous courage in her face. She had a duty to
perform, and she was resolved to do it without delay. She shaded her eyes
with her hand from the glare of the sun, set a firm foot upon the
threshold, and, with one wild glance around to see whether all was as she