Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: https://books.google.com/books?id=tE9CAQAAMAAJ (Library of the University of Illinois) THE LAND OF BONDAGE ROMANCES BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE HISPANIOLA PLATE IN THE DAY OF ADVERSITY SERVANTS OF SIN THE YEAR ONE THE FATE OF VALSE ACROSS THE SALT SEAS THE CLASH OF ARMS DENOUNCED THE SCOURGE OF GOD FORTUNES MY FOE A GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER THE INTRIGUER'S WAY THE DESERT SHIP THE LAND OF BONDAGE A ROMANCE BY JOHN BLOUNDELLE-BURTON AUTHOR OF "THE HISPANIOLA PLATE" "A DEAD RECKONING" ETC., ETC. LONDON F. V. WHITE & CO., LIMITED 14 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C. 1905 CONTENTS PART I THE NARRATIVE OF GERALD, VISCOUNT ST. AMANDE CHAPTER I. FUNERAL. II. AN UNPEACEFUL PASSING. III. A BEGGAR AND AN OUTCAST. IV. INTO THE LAND OF BONDAGE. V. THE SPRINGE IS SET. VI. THE BIRD DRAWS NEAR. VII. TRAPPED. VIII. AND CAGED. IX. MY MOTHER. X. A NOBLE KINSMAN. XI. IMPRESSED. PART II THE NARRATIVE OF JOICE BAMPFYLD OF VIRGINIA XII. A COLONIAL PLANTATION. XIII. THE BOND SLAVE. XIV. A SLAVE'S GRATITUDE! XV. A VISITOR FROM ENGLAND. XVI. ANOTHER VISITOR. XVII. THE RED MAN. XVIII. BESIEGED. XIX. AT BAY. XX. THE GREAT MEDICINE CHIEF. XXI. IN CAPTIVITY. XXII. AMONGST THE SAVAGES. XXIII. DENOUNCED. XXIV. 'TWIXT BEAR AND PANTHER. PART III THE NARRATIVE OF LORD ST. AMANDE CONTINUED XXV. THE SHAWNEE TRAIL. XXVI. AS FOEMEN FIGHT. XXVII. A LONG PEACE. XXVIII. THE REWARD OF A TRAITOR. PART IV THE NARRATIVE OF JOICE BAMPFYLD CONTINUED XXIX. HOMEWARD BOUND. XXX. IN THE LAND WHERE THEIR FATHERS DWELT. XXXI. FACE TO FACE. XXXII. NEMESIS. THE NARRATIVE CONCLUDED BY GERALD, VISCOUNT ST. AMANDE "AFTER THESE STORMS AT LAST A CALM" PREFACE The groundwork of the following narrative, accompanied by a vast number of papers and documents bearing on the main facts, was related to me by the late Mr. Clement Barclay of Philadelphia, the last descendant of an old Virginian family. On reading over these papers and documents, I was struck by the resemblance which the story bore to the history of another unfortunate young Englishman whose case created much sensation in the English Law Courts at about the same period, _i.e_., that of the reign of King George II. Recognising, however, that the adventures of Lord St. Amande were not only more romantic than those of that other personage, while his character was of a far more noble and interesting nature, I resolved to utilise them for the purpose of romance in the following pages, which are now submitted to the public. Except that in some few cases, and those the principal, the names have been altered, the characters bear the same names as in the documents, private papers, journals and news-letters handed to me by Mr. Barclay. J. B.-B. _October_, 1904. THE LAND OF BONDAGE PART I