CADETS OF GASCONY Novels of Love and Adventure AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT BY BURTON E. STEVENSON Illustrated. Cloth, $1.50 THE DAUGHTERS OF BABYLON BY WILSON BARRETT AND ROBERT HICHENS Frontispiece. Cloth, $1.50 WHEN BLADES ARE OUT AND LOVE’S AFIELD BY CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY Illustrated. Cloth, $1.50 THE LAST BUCCANEER BY L. COPE CORNFORD Cloth, $1.50 THE RED MEN OF THE DUSK THE LOVER FUGITIVES THE STORY OF A SCOUT BY JOHN FINNEMORE Illustrated. Cloth, $1.50 each THE INEVITABLE BY PHILIP V. MIGHELS Frontispiece. Cloth, $1.50 MLLE. FOUCHETTE BY CHARLES T. MURRAY Illustrated. Cloth, $1.50 A TAR-HEEL BARON BY MABELL S. C. PELTON Illustrated. Cloth, $1.50 [Illustration: Oh, but he was a man!--a match for both of us almost Page 167] CADETS OF GASCONY Two Stories of Old France BY BURTON E. STEVENSON AUTHOR OF “AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT,” “A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA,” “THE HERITAGE,” ETC. _Illustrated by_ ANNA WHELEN BETTS [Illustration] PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1904 Copyright, 1904 BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY _Published March, 1904_ Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U. S. A. TO THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH OF WHICH MAY WE ALL PARTAKE CONTENTS [Illustration] MARSAN CHAPTER PAGE I.--I CHANCE UPON AN ADVENTURE 13 II.--I WALK INTO A HORNET’S NEST 28 III.--I FIND THE KEY TO THE PUZZLE 41 IV.--I MEET A KINDRED SPIRIT 55 V.--THE RIDE TO CADILLAC 67 VI.--I TASTE OF ROQUEFORT’S TEMPER 79 VII.--A VISION IN THE NIGHT 90 VIII.--MARLEON! 104 IX.--THE DEN OF THE WOLF 115 X.--THE QUESTION 125 XI.--ROQUEFORT’S PRICE 135 XII.--A MESSAGE FROM WITHOUT 149 XIII.--THE WHEEL TURNS 162 XIV.--THE DOOR IN THE CLIFF 174 XV.--ROQUEFORT EXACTS A PROMISE 182 XVI.--MADAME LA DUCHESSE DE ROQUEFORT 196 XVII.--A TEN YEARS’ VENGEANCE 202 XVIII.--LIGHT! 214 [Illustration] A CHILD OF THE NIGHT I.--AN ENCOUNTER IN THE STREETS 223 II.--I FIND MYSELF BROTHER TO AN ENCHANTING GIRL 234 III.--I FIND MY PART A DIFFICULT ONE 242 IV.--IN WHICH I COME TO PARIS 253