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.

BY
HARRIS DICKSON

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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