Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google books Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=IG8PAAAAYAAJ&dq 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. A HERO OF THE PEN. BY E. WERNER, AUTHOR OF "GOOD LUCK," "BROKEN CHAINS," ETC. TRANSLATED BY FRANCES A. SHAW. NEW YORK: R. WORTHINGTON, 750 Broadway. 1880. Copyright WILLIAM F. GILL & CO. 1875. Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company, 205-213 _East 12th St_., NEW YORK. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Love and Death CHAPTER II. A Strange Cavalier CHAPTER III. Was it Sickness or----? CHAPTER IV. The Hero of the Pen CHAPTER V. Face to Face CHAPTER VI. A Strange Presentment CHAPTER VII. Lovers, yet Strangers CHAPTER VIII. The Heiress at Bay CHAPTER IX. On The Scent CHAPTER X. For Value Received CHAPTER XI. The Dawn Of War CHAPTER XII. A Rocket in the Camp CHAPTER XIII. The Triumph of Pride CHAPTER XIV. Farewell CHAPTER XV. Following the Clue CHAPTER XVI. An Agonizing Doubt CHAPTER XVII. The Pen and the Sword CHAPTER XVIII. The Rival Lovers CHAPTER XIX. The Lover's Accusation CHAPTER XX. The Fateful Hour CHAPTER XXI. A Desperate Resolve CHAPTER XXII. A Fearful Alternative CHAPTER XXIII. The Vengeance of Passion CHAPTER XXIV. The Shadow of Doom CHAPTER XXV. To the Rescue CHAPTER XXVI. A Mortal Agony CHAPTER XXVII. Treason CHAPTER XXVIII. The Sacrifice of Blood CHAPTER XXIX. The Murderer and the Attack CHAPTER XXX. Waiting