Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. The few instances of blackletter font in the front matter use the ‘~’ as a delimiter. Please consult the note at the end of this text for a discussion of any textual issues encountered in its preparation. HUGH GWYETH A ROUNDHEAD CAVALIER [Illustration] HUGH GWYETH A ROUNDHEAD CAVALIER BY BEULAH MARIE DIX ~New York~ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1913 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. ------- Set up and electrotyped March, 1899. Reprinted May, July, 1899; January, 1900; October, 1908; January, 1913. ~Norwood Press~ J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Tidings out of the North 1 II. How One set out to seek his Fortune 16 III. The Road to Nottingham 34 IV. To Horse and Away 49 V. In and Out of the “Golden Ram” 66 VI. The End of the Journey 81 VII. How the World dealt by a Gentleman 95 VIII. The Interposition of John Ridydale 113 IX. The Way to War 132 X. In the Trail of the Battle 152 XI. Comrades in Arms 171 XII. For the Honor of the Gwyeths 190 XIII. In the Fields toward Osney Abbey 208 XIV. Under the King’s Displeasure 224 XV. The Life of Edmund Burley 242 XVI. Roundheads and Cavaliers 258 XVII. The Stranger by the Way 274 XVIII. The Call out of Kingsford 290 XIX. The Riding of Arrow Water 307 XX. Beneath the Roof of Everscombe 324 XXI. The Fatherhood of Alan Gwyeth 340 XXII. After the Victory 358 HUGH GWYETH A ROUNDHEAD CAVALIER