CHAPTER VI.
THE WAYS OF ROBBER LIFE.
CHAPTER VII.
ROBBERS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
CHAPTER VIII.
UNDERGROUND MYSTERIES OF THE SWAMP
CHAPTER IX.
DISCIPLINE AND OTHER INCIDENTS
CHAPTER X.
BURIED ALIVE IN HIS ROOM
CHAPTER XI.
SCENES LEADING TO THE CLIMAX
CHAPTER XII.
THE CAPTURE OF THE 'MOST' BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN.
CHAPTER XIII.
'ALL'S WELL THAT END'S WELL.'
MARY HOLT'S ENGAGEMENT
THE FOUR CANADIAN HIGHWAYMEN;
OR,
THE ROBBERS OF MARKHAM SWAMP.
CHAPTER I.
THE PRETTY ASTER AND MR. HAM.
It was the autumn of the year, and the dress of the Canadian woods
at that season, forty years ago, differed little from the gaudy garbs
of now. Near a small village not far from the town of Little York, I
choose as the place for the opening of this true story.
The maple, of all the trees in the forest, was the only one so far
frost-smitten and sun-struck. The harvests had been gathered, and the
only tenants of the fields were flocks of pigeons that came to feed
among the stubble; for many a ripe ear fell from the heads in the
tying of the sheaves; many a shower of the golden grain had fallen as
the load, drawn by slow oxen, lurched and swayed along the uneven
ground.
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