[Illustration: _TWO FIGURES BOUNDED UPON THE WALLS_] FIGHTING KING GEORGE _by_ John T M^cIntyre Illustrated _by_ J A Graeber THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA M C M V COPYRIGHT 1905 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY Contents I HOW FORT JOHNSON FELL 7 II HOW TOM DEERING MADE A NAME 31 III HOW THE BRITISH SHIPS RAN FROM CHARLESTON HARBOR 57 IV HOW TWO MEN BURIED A CHEST OF GOLD 84 V HOW TOM JOINED MARION’S BRIGADE 101 VI HOW FRANCIS MARION HEARD GOOD NEWS FROM WILLIAMSBURG 123 VII HOW TOM DEERING FOUGHT WITH GATES AT CAMDEN 140 VIII HOW TOM BRAVED THE TORIES 148 IX HOW TOM DEERING HELD THE STAIRCASE 174 X HOW MARION’S MEN LAY IN AMBUSH AND WHAT CAME OF IT 200 XI HOW TOM MET WITH A BLINDFOLD ADVENTURE 213 XII HOW TOM TOOK PART IN A MYSTERIOUS CONSULTATION 245 XIII HOW THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS EVE 261 XIV HOW THE BRITISH LOST SOME PRISONERS 283 XV HOW TOM DEERING FOUGHT HIS FIRST FIGHT UPON THE SEA 306 XVI HOW TOM DEERING SERVED WITH GENERAL GREENE 322 XVII HOW A TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY WAS TAKEN AND LOST 337 XVIII HOW TOM DEERING RODE WITH WASHINGTON AT YORKTOWN 350 Illustrations PAGE TWO FIGURES BOUNDED UPON THE WALLS _Frontispiece_ MARION TOOK THE PACKET 62 “THEY ARE RARE GOOD LADS, ALL OF THEM,” SPOKE THE BURGESS 134 STEP BY STEP HE WAS BEATEN BACK 194 “THIS GENTLEMAN,” SAID CORNWALLIS, “WILL INTRODUCE YOU” 252 “WELL AIMED,” PRAISED MR. JOHNSON 316 THE OFFICER SPRANG FORWARD 344 Fighting King George CHAPTER I HOW FORT JOHNSON FELL “THE wind’s changing again, Cole,” said Tom Deering, as he threw his rudder handle to leeward in order that the sheet might catch the full benefit of the breeze.