# Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons

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JACQUELINE OF THE CARRIER PIGEONS
Jacqueline and her Carrier Pigeon in the Procession
Jacqueline of the carrier pigeons
by Augusta Huiell Seaman
With Decorations by George Wharton Edwards
New York Sturgis and Walton Company MCMX All rights reserved.
Copyright 1910
By STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY
Set up and electrotyped. Published March, 1910
TO
MY SEVEREST CRITIC,
MY FATHER,
AND TO
VIRGINIA
WHO WAS ITS INSPIRATION,
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
       Introduction
CONTENTS
* chapterpage
* I.On Hengist Hill................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
* II.The King’s Pardon................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
* III.Gysbert Becomes a Jumper................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35
* IV.In the Camp of the Enemy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................51
* V.The Decision of Jacqueline................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
* VI.The Coming of the First Pigeon................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83
* VII.A Swim in the Canal—and What Came of it................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................99
* VIII.“Tranquil Amid Raging Billows”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................113
* IX.Vrouw Voorhaas’s Secret................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................129
* X.The Beggars of the Sea................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................141
* XI.Jacqueline Responds to an Urgent Summons................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................155
* XII.Reunited................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................169
* XIII.Adrian Van Der Werf................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................185
* XIV.Alonzo De Rova is as Good as His Word................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................201
* XV.The Eavesdroppers and the Plot................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................213
* XVI.When the Wind Changed................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................229
* XVII.A Crash in the Night................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................245
* XVIII.The Dawn of October Third................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................261
* XIX.The Secret Out................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................277
* XX.The Great Day................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................289
ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM DECORATIVE DRAWINGS BY GEORGE WHARTON EDWARDS
* Jacqueline and her carrier pigeons in the procession................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Frontispiece
* facing page
* Gysbert draws the portrait of Alonzo De Rova................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................62
* The Prince lay in a huge four-post bed................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................120
* Dirk Willumhoog seizes Jacqueline................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................292
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