The Black Wolf's Breed
THE BLACK WOLF'S BREED
Come, fellow, thou art trapped; give me up my purse.
THE
BLACK WOLF'S BREED
A STORY OF FRANCE IN THE OLD WORLD
AND THE NEW, HAPPENING IN THE
REIGN OF LOUIS XIV.
ILLUSTRATED BY C. M. RELYEA
SECOND EDITION
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
1901
PRINTED BY
MORRISON AND GIBB LIMITED
EDINBURGH
TO THE MEMORY OF
BIENVILLE
THE SOLDIER-GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA
OUT OF WHOSE
MIGHTY PROVINCE HAS GROWN NEARLY ONE-HALF
OF THE
WORLD'S GREATEST
REPUBLIC
CONTENTS
| Foreword | 1 |
I | |
| The Master | 5 |
II | |
| Bienville | 12 |
III | |
| Aboard Le Dauphin | 18 |
IV | |
| The Road to Versailles | 26 |
V | |
| The Decadence of Versailles | 32 |
VI | |
| Louis XIV | 47 |
VII | |
| At the Austrian Arms | 57 |
VIII | |
| A New Friend | 72 |
IX | |
| Mademoiselle | 85 |
X | |
| In the House of Bertrand | 101 |
XI | |
| The Dawn and the Dusk | 110 |
XII | |
| Florine to the Rescue | 122 |
XIII | |
| The Girl of the Wine Shop | 133 |
XIV | |
| The Secretary and the Duke | 146 |
XV | |
| New Hopes | 163 |
XVI | |
| The Unexpected | 173 |
XVII | |
| The Flight From Sceaux | 180 |
XVIII | |
| Serigny's Departure | 193 |
XIX | |
| The Castle of Cartillon | 205 |
XX | |
| From the Path of Duty | 224 |
XXI | |
| The Fall of Pensacola | 233 |
XXII | |
| The Contents of the Box | 241 |
XXIII | |
| A Note Which Went Astray | 251 |
XXIV | |
| The Children of the Black Wolf's Breed | 266 |
| Appendix | 275 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
COME, FELLOW, THOU ART TRAPPED Frontispiece PAGE WHAT IS IT; WHAT DEVICE IS THERE? 8 THEN I ROSE AND GAZED AT MY WORK 117 HIS HORSE REARED AND PLUNGED 188 THE OLD MAN GAZED STEADILY AT ME 211 THAT LONG, RIGID FINGER POINTED DIRECTLY AT ME FROM THE DUSTY GLASS 250
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