Other editions of book The rival volunteers, or, The black plume rifles.

Excerpt from The Rival Volunteers, or the Black Plume RiflesA mysterious red chalk-mark had been discovered beneath the threshold of more than one dwelling harbor ing inmates suspected of secession proclivities, and the sinister rumor had been bruited round, that houses thus designated were to be given up to plunder and pillage, and razed to the ground under cover of night - a rumor so terrifying to the Secessionists, that more than one family, hastily packing up their most precious valu ables, betook themselves therewith to their carriages, leaving the city with all speed, spending the entire night in the fields, and not venturing to return in the morning until a servant had first been sent out in recon noisance, to ascertain if haply their own roof-trees re mained to shelter them.In the midst of all this fearful foreboding and deadly virulence, one spacious mansion, the gilding of its cor nices fresh and bright, the paint of its frescoes scarcely dry, echoed only to sounds of mirth and festivity. N o loud, spirit-stirring peals of music here, only those li, ht, airy tones inspiring languid poetry of motion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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