[Frontispiece: RODNEY BIDS HIS MOTHER FAREWELL.] CASTLEMON'S WAR SERIES, ---- RODNEY THE PARTISAN BY HARRY CASTLEMON, AUTHOR OF "GUNBOAT SERIES," "ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES," "SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES," ETC., ETC. Four Illustrations by Geo. G. White. PHILADELPHIA: PORTER & COATES COPYRIGHT, 1890, BY PORTER & COATES. CONTENTS. ---- CHAPTER PAGE I.--RODNEY KEEPS HIS PROMISE, . . . 5 II.--THE RANGERS ELECT OFFICERS, . . 29 III.--DRILLS AND PARADES, . . . . . . 53 IV.--A SCHEME THAT DIDN'T WORK, . . 78 V.--A WARNING, . . . . . . . . . . 99 VI.--UNDER SUSPICION, . . . . . . . 124 VII.--THE EMERGENCY MEN, . . . . . . 149 VIII.--RODNEY PROVES HIS FRIENDSHIP, . 172 IX.--ON THE ROAD, . . . . . . . . . 196 X.--COMPARING NOTES, . . . . . . . 218 XI.--RODNEY MAKES A TRADE, . . . . . 241 XII.--TWICE SURPRISED, . . . . . . . 264 XIII.--WITH PRICE'S MEN, . . . . . . . 287 XIV.--"HURRAH FOR BULL RUN!" . . . . 312 XV.--A FULL-FLEDGED PARTISAN, . . . 334 XVI.--THE CONSCRIPTION ACT, . . . . . 357 XVII.--RODNEY MEETS A FRIEND, . . . . 378 XVIII.--CONCLUSION, . . . . . . . . . . 399 RODNEY, THE PARTISAN. CHAPTER I. RODNEY KEEPS HIS PROMISE. "So you are going to stick to your uniform, are you? I thought perhaps you would be glad to see yourself in citizen's clothes once more, and so I told Jane to put one of your old suits on the bed where you would be sure to see it." It was Mrs. Gray who spoke, and her words were addressed to her son Rodney, who just then stepped out of the hall upon the wide gallery where his father and mother were sitting. Rodney had been at home about half an hour just long enough, in fact, to take a good wash and exchange his fatigue suit for a sergeant's full uniform.