Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the fKdlands during the Civil War. CHAPTER I. Desley Court
In the county of Warwick, the very heart of what Avon's immortal bard has felicitously called A precious stone set ia a silver sea,…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1876
34 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
FICTION. (From English, Amerlenn, and other Periodicals.) Lettice Thornelow a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. Chapter Iii. Mildred
Love took up the glass of Time, and turned it in bia glowine hands, Every moment, lightly ebnkcn, ran itselfln golden sands —Tennyson…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. Chapter Vi. a Mishap, Pregnant in Results
Mildred Gayton was at Dealey Court. She had gone thither at the earnest solicitation of Lattice, who was deeply interested in and warmly attached to her. And in daily…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Perodicals.) Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. Chapter Ix. the Camp.—the Duel
Not many miles from the small market town of Banbury, famous for its cross[?]—so long only a fiction of nursery-rhyme—and its cakes, on the Warwickshire side, lay encamped the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. Chapter X11. the Lamp of Life Burns Down
The Angel of Death [?]overed over the chamber of a house in Kineton, where lay a wonded officer. Major Thornelow knew this. So, too, did the two watchers by his bedside. The leech had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. Chapter Xv. the Abduction
This day black omens threat the brightest fair, That e'er deserved a watchful spirit's care. Pope. Lettice Thornelow feltstrangely sad and uneasy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. Chapxee Xvii — (Continued.)
The leaden light of the dull and stormy day was gradually glooming into the dusk of night as a single horseman sped on his way to Desley Court. Wrapped in his own profound…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Close of the Spanish War. Singapore, March 1
Don Carlos has entered France. The war is over…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. CHAPTER XX.—(Continued.)
Very fair and beautiful looked the bride that morning as she stood at the altar, her golden hair gleaming in the sunlight that streamed through the windows. And Lionel, though pale…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War at Perak. London, January 21
Official intelligence from Penang states that operations against a disaffected village on both sides of the Perak were undertaken on the 4th instant. On the right bank disarmament was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. Chapter Xxiv. Exit Shadrach Scroggs
Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhousel'd, disappointed, unaneal'd, No reckoning made, but sent to my account With all my imperfections on my head…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. [CHAPTER XXVII—Continued]
It was a delightful day. April showers had fertilised and verdured the earth; but for the time the rain had ceased, and the orient[?] shone clear and bright, illumining the opening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals.) Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. Chapter Xxx. Ralph Bawdryk's Story
When Lettice had disappeared, Ral[?] Bawdryk suffered the baronet to rise. Sir Stephen glared fiercely at him. " Had I my good blade at my side, insolent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Next German War
The other day a simple-minded German called on a grocer to pay a bill, giving him a 10 dol. note. The grocer examined it closely, and said: "Hullo, where did you got this note?" " Vot…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →FICTION. (From English, American, and other Periodicals. Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands during the Civil War. Chapter Xxxiii. the Hour of Triumph Forestalled
"To-morrow so fatally near, and hope so seeming far. Yet I will not submit, though despair overtake me; I will be true to the end. What meant he by those threats?…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A German War Ship. H.I.M. S.S. LOUISE. (Melbourne Argus)
The visit of this specimen of the vessels of her clas in the German, navy to these waters has not been altogether unexpected, for, on being commissioned last year for the China station, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →FICTION. From English, American, and other Periodicals. Lettice Thornelow. a Tale of the Midlands daring the Civil War. Chapter Xxxv. Sunshine After Storm
Naseby had been fought and won. The strife between King and Commons had ended in the overthrow, impeachment, and decapitation of the monarch. Peace once more reigned in the land…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War in Turkey
London, April 20.—It is reported that the Shah has abandoned the campaign against Mew, because of Russian influence. It is reported that half the garrison of Nicsic is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Ships Ordered to Mexico
Washington, April 21.—The Secretary of the Navy on Wednesday ordered the following vessels of war, now at Port Royal, to proceed without delay to the Mexican coast, namely, the Marian, Hartford,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury Saturday, May 27, 1876. "The Charge of the Six Hundred." the Personal Reminiscences of Trumpeter William Robert Duke, Who Was Wounded and Taken Prisoner at the Chaurge of the Light Brigade, at Balaklava. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—You will havenoticedapnragraphin the Evening Netvs of a few days buck concerning a man named Duke, a survivor of the celubrated Charge of the Six Hundred at Balaklava. I have had the pleas are…
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