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THE KING'S ARROW

A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists

by

H. A. CODY

Author of "The Frontiersman," "The Long Patrol," "Glen of the High North,"
"Jess of the Rebel Trail," etc.

McClelland and Stewart
Publishers Toronto
George H. Doran Company

1922,

To

MY ANCESTORS OF THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS

Who Came to the St. John River, May, 1783,

This Book is Gratefully Dedicated

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I WHEN THE CANNON ROARED II "COME AND TAKE IT" III CUPID'S ARROW IV THE WARNING V "TRY IT" VI WHEN THE BOW-STRING TWANGED VII OUT OF THE STORM VIII BENEATH THE SPREADING MAPLE IX LOVE'S CHARM X WHILE THE WATER FLOWS XI THE SUMMONS XII PLOTTERS IN COUNCIL XIII THE KING'S RANGERS XIV WHERE THE RANGERS LED XV THE LINE IN THE SAND XVI UNDER COVER OF NIGHT XVII THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY XVIII LOYAL FRIENDS XIX THE SMOKE SIGNAL XX TEMPERED PUNISHMENT XXI THROUGH THE WILDERNESS XXII IN DESPERATE STRAITS XXIII SIX CANDLES AND ONE XXIV TIMON OF THE WILDERNESS XXV UNMASKED XXVI BEHIND THE BOLTED DOOR XXVII THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THE STORM XXVIII WITHIN THE LONE CABIN XXIX SHELTERING ARMS XXX THE ROUND-UP XXXI PEACE AT EVENING TIME XXXII AFTER MANY DAYS XXXIII SEEDS OF EMPIRE

THE LOYALISTS

(1783)

  "Broad lands, ancestral homes, the gathered wealth
  Of patient toil and self-denying years
  Were confiscate and lost. . . .
  Not drooping like poor fugitives they came
  In exodus to our Canadian wilds,
  But full of heart and hope, with heads erect,
  And fearless eyes, victorious in defeat."

WILLIAM KIRBY

"No one will know, because none has told, all that those brave pioneersunderwent for their devotion and fidelity. You will see to-day on theoutskirts of the older settlements little mounds, moss-coveredtombstones which record the last resting-places of the forefathers ofthe hamlet. They do not tell you of the brave hearts laid low byhunger and exposure, of the girlish forms washed away, of the babes andlittle children who perished for want of proper food and raiment. Theyhave nothing to tell of the courageous, high-minded mothers, wives anddaughters, who bore themselves as bravely as men, complaining never,toiling with men in the fields, banishing all regrets for the life theymight have led had they sacrificed their loyalty. . . . No greatmonument is raised to their memory; none is needed; it is enshrinedforever in the hearts of every Canadian and of every one who admiresfidelity to principle, devotion and self-sacrifice."

"Romance of Canada," BECKLES H. WILLSON

THE KING'S ARROW

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