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    CAPTAIN IN THE RANKS
    by GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON




    A CAPTAIN IN THE RANKS

    A Romance of Affairs

    by

    GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON

    Author of "DOROTHY SOUTH," "RUNNING THE RIVER," "THE MASTER OF
    WARLOCK," Etc.







    [Illustration: "You have saved the Railroad." Page 336.]



    A. L. Burt Company,
    Publishers, New York

    Copyright, 1904,
    by
    A. S. Barnes & Co.




    TO

    Mable

    _On her wedding day, I dedicate this story with affection_

    September 8, 1904




    PREFACE


    This story is intended to supplement the trilogy of romances in which I
    have endeavored to show forth the Virginian character under varying
    conditions.

    "Dorothy South" dealt with Virginia life and character before the
    Confederate war.

    "The Master of Warlock" had to do with the Virginians during the early
    years of the war, when their struggle seemed hopeful of success.

    "Evelyn Byrd" was a study of the same people as they confronted certain
    disaster and defeat.

    The present story is meant to complete the picture. It deals with that
    wonderful upbuilding of the great West which immediately followed the
    war, and in which the best of the young Virginians played an important
    part.

    The personages of the story are real, and its events are mainly facts,
    thinly veiled.




    CONTENTS


    CHAPTER PAGE

    I THE FINAL FIGHT 1

    II ALONE IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN 18

    III THE NEW BIRTH OF MANHOOD 29

    IV A PRIVATE IN THE ARMY OF WORK 38

    V THE BEGINNING OF A CAREER 42

    VI A CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY OF WORK 48

    VII THE "SIZING UP" OF GUILFORD DUNCAN 59

    VIII ON DUTY 64

    IX ONE NIGHT'S WORK 70

    X ALLIANCE, OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE 87

    XI THE WAYS OF GUILFORD DUNCAN 100

    XII BARBARA VERNE

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