Produced by KD Weeks, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. There are several full page images, which have been moved slightly to the nearest paragraph break. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. Patroon Van Volkenberg [Illustration: “HE WHEELED ROUND IN AMAZEMENT AND DROPPED THE GIRL’S HAND.”—_p. 23_ ] Patroon Van Volkenberg A Tale _of_ Old Manhattan in the Year Sixteen Hundred & Ninety-nine. BY HENRY THEW STEPHENSON ILLUSTRATED BY C. M. REYLEA FIFTH EDITION [Illustration] GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COPYRIGHT, 1900 THE BOWEN-MERRILL COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In memory of my aunt, MARY T. W. CURWEN, whose kindness and care for many years has been greater than my utmost gratitude and affection can express Contents I The Flight from Paris 1 II The Maid at the Mariner’s Rest 13 III The Royal Lion 26 IV The Buccaneer’s Gift 41 V The Jacobite Coffee-House 54 VI An Interview with the Earl 69 VII Pierre’s Secret 80 VIII Lady Marmaduke 93 IX The Red Band at Drill 102