THE BLUE BALLOON A TALE OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAPTER I. OLD GRIZZLY.

CHAPTER II. STONEWALL JACKSON’S WAY.

CHAPTER III. THE BALLOON GOES UP.

CHAPTER IV. THE BALLOON COMES DOWN.

CHAPTER V. FIRE-EATING COLONEL.

CHAPTER VI. A FREE BREAKFAST.

CHAPTER VII. NO. XX. COMPANY D OF THE ‘TRAILING TERRORS.’

CHAPTER VIII. A PAIR OF RELUCTANT RECRUITS.

CHAPTER IX. HOW GENERAL SHIELDS SENT A DESPATCH TO GENERAL FRÉMONT.

CHAPTER X. HOW THAT DESPATCH WAS INTERCEPTED.

CHAPTER XI. LUCIUS BRINGS THE BOAT ASHORE.

CHAPTER XII. A DUEL IN THE DARK.

CHAPTER XIII. HOW THE DESPATCH WAS BROUGHT TO STONEWALL JACKSON.

CHAPTER XIV. GRIZZLY IN THE TOILS.

CHAPTER XV. ANY PORT IN A STORM.

CHAPTER XVI. OLD GRIZZLY’S SACRIFICE.

CHAPTER XVII. WHAT CAME OF IT ALL.