"'You can tell me where they are,' she said softly, but very earnestly."
THE KING'S WARRANT.
A Story of Old and New France
BY
ALFRED H. ENGELBACH,
Author of
"Poor Little Gaspard's Drum," "Lionel's Revenge," "Two Campaigns,"
&c., &c.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION
APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.
LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS, W.C.;
43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.;
BRIGHTON: 135, NORTH STREET.
NEW YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
1878
CONTENTS.
PART I.
THE TWO ORPHANS
PART II.
THE LETTRE DE CACHET
PART III.
THE FALL OF NEW FRANCE
ILLUSTRATIONS
"'You can tell me where they are,' she said softly, but very earnestly."
"The fiery little king of the kitchen bounded from his chair, sprang athim, and seized him by the throat."
"Flinging away his sword, he knelt beside her."
PART I
THE TWO ORPHANS.
THE KING'S WARRANT.
THE TWO ORPHANS.
CHAPTER I.
t last England and France had formally drawn the sword which they hadsheathed only eight years before at the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, andthe great struggle known in history as the Seven Years' War had begunin earnest. Yet although the old countries had until now managed toa
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