+-------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ MISTRESS NANCY MOLESWORTH A TALE OF ADVENTURE BY JOSEPH HOCKING Author of "The Birthright," etc. [Illustration: Logo] NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO. 1898 COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO. Press of J. J. Little & Co. Astor Place, New York Contents CHAPTER PAGE I.--Trevanion, 1 II.--Peter Trevisa's Offer, 10 III.--Crossing the Rubicon, 24 IV.--My Journey to Endellion, 37 V.--My First Night at Endellion, 51 VI.--The Uses of a Serving-Maid, 67 VII.--On the Roof of Endellion Castle, 82 VIII.--Otho Discovers My Name, 95 IX.--Benet Killigrew as a Wrestler, 111 X.--The Escape from Endellion, 125 XI.--My Fight with Benet Killigrew, 139 XII.--Roche Rock, 153 XIII.--The Wisdom of Gossiping with an Innkeeper, 168 XIV.--The Haunted Chapel of St. Mawgan, 181 XV.--The Scene at a Wayside Inn, 195 XVI.--Why I Took Nancy to Treviscoe, 210 XVII.--The Charge of Treason, 224 XVIII.--Otho Killigrew's Victory, 239 XIX.--Launceston Castle, 251 XX.--I Escape from the Witch's Tower, 267 XXI.--Describes My Journey from Launceston Castle to a Lonely Mansion Accompanied by Two Women, 285 XXII.--Mistress Nancy Tells Me Many Things, 301 XXIII.--In Which it is Shown that Uncle Anthony Was More than a Droll, 315 XXIV.--Otho Killigrew Uses an Old Proverb, 330 XXV.--How January Changed to June, 344 XXVI.--I Fall Into Otho Killigrew's Hands, 358 XXVII.--How Benet Killigrew and I Fought in the Light of the Beacon Fire, 371 XXVIII.--Otho Killigrew's Last Move, 386 XXIX.--The King's Gratitude, 400 XXX.--In Which Uncle Anthony Plays His Harp, 414 MISTRESS NANCY MOLESWORTH CHAPTER I. TREVANION.