The Iron Game - A Tale of the War
Keenan, Henry Francis
English
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The Iron Game
A TALE OF THE WAR
BY
HENRY F. KEENAN
"Heavy and solemn the cloudy column
Over the green fields marching came,
Measureless spread like a table bread
For the cold grim dice of the iron game."
1898
TO
BERNARD JOHN McGRANN
WHOSE LIFE AND CONDUCT EMBODY AND ILLUSTRATE
THE MANLINESS, MODESTY, AND WORTH
THAT FANCY DELIGHTS TO EMBALM IN FICTION
THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED
BY ONE AMONG THE MANY WITNESSES OF HIS NOBLE CAREER
HENRY F. KEENAN
NEW YORK, _25th March, 1891_.
CONTENTS
BOOK I.
_THE CARIBEES_.
CHAPTER
I.--THE BOY IN BLUE
II.--FLAG AND FAITH
III.--MALBROOK S'EN VA-T-EN GUERRE
IV.--GUELPH AND GHIBELLINE
V.--A NAPOLEONIC EPIGRAM
VI.--ON THE POTOMAC
VII.--THE STEP THAT COSTS
VIII.--AN ARMY WITH BANNERS
IX.--"THE ASSYRIAN CAME DOWN LIKE THE WOLF ON THE FOLD"
X.--BLOOD AND IRON
XI.--THE LEGIONS OF VARUS
BOOK II.
_THE HOSTAGES_.
XII.--THE AFTERMATH
XIII.--A COMEDY OF TERRORS
XIV.--UNDER TWO FLAGS
XV.--ROSEDALE
XVI.--A MASQUE IN ARCADY
XVII.--TREASON AND STRATAGEMS
XVIII.--A CAMPAIGN OF PLOTS
XIX.--"HE EITHER FEARS HIS FATE TOO MUCH"
XX.--A CATASTROPHE
XXI.--THE STORY OF THE NIGHT
XXII.--A CARPET-KNIGHT
XXIII.--ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR
BOOK III.
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