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THE MAYOR OF TROY.
BY
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.
TO MY FRIEND
KENNETH GRAHAM
AND
THE REST OF THE CREW
OF THE
"RICHARD AND EMILY"
AND WITH APOLOGIES TO
THE MAYOR OF
LOSTWITHIEL
A BOROUGH
FOR WHICH I HAVE (WITH CAUSE)
MUCH AFFECTION AND
A VERY HIGH ESTEEM.
CONTENTS.
THE MAYOR OF TROY.
PROLOGUE.
CHAPTER I.
OUR MAJOR.
CHAPTER II.
OUR MAYOR.
CHAPTER III.
THE MILLENNIUM.
CHAPTER IV.
HOW THE TROY GALLANTS CHALLENGED THE LOOE DIEHARDS.
CHAPTER V.
INTERFERENCE OF A GUERNSEY MERCHANT.
CHAPTER VI.
MALBROUCK S'EN VA.
CHAPTER VII.
THE BATTLE OF TALLAND COVE.
CHAPTER VIII.
"COME, MY CORINNA, COME!"
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
GUNNER SOBEY TURNS LOOSE THE MILLENNIUM.
CHAPTER XI.
THE MAJOR LEAVES US.
CHAPTER XII.
A COLD DOUCHE ON A HOT FIT.
CHAPTER XIII.
A VERY HOT PRESS.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE "VESUVIUS" BOMB.
CHAPTER XV.
UP-CHANNEL.
CHAPTER XVI.
FAREWELL TO ALBION!
CHAPTER XVII.
MISSING!
CHAPTER XVIII.
APOTHEOSIS.
ATTEND
O PASSER BY!
ON THIS
SPOT AS NEARLY AS CAN BE ASCERTAINED
SOLOMON HYMEN, ESQUIRE
SEVEN TIMES MAYOR OF TROY
IN CORNWALL
RELINQUISHED HIS HONOURS
FOR HIS COUNTRY'S NEED
AND RESOLUTELY SACRIFICED
EASE, FRIENDSHIP, FAME
TO EMBARK HIS SOLE MANHOOD
IN HER DEFENCE
AMID THE SURROUNDING MEMORIALS
OF GREECE AND ROME
CHALLENGING
THE SEVEREST VIRTUES OF ANTIQUITY
WITH A BRITON'S RESOLUTION
CHAPTER XIX.
THE RETURN.
REJOICINGS AT TROY
CHAPTER XX.
IN WHICH THE MAJOR LEARNS THAT NO MAN IS NECESSARY.
CHAPTER XXI.
FACES IN WATER.
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
SOLOMON HYMEN, ESQUIRE
SEVEN TIMES MAYOR OF THIS BOROUGH
AND
MAJOR COMMANDING THE TROY VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY
UNFORTUNATELY AND UNTIMELY
SLAIN IN ACTION
OFF THE COAST OF FRANCE NEAR BOULOGNE
ON MAY 15TH, MDCCCIV.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION
AMONG HIS SORROWING FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS
OF THE BOROUGH HE, LIVING, ADORNED WITH HIS WISDOM
AND DYING, ENDOWED WITH HIS WEALTH
AS WITH HIS EXAMPLE.
FORTIBUS ET COELUM PATRIA
CHAPTER XXII.
WINDS UP WITH A MERRY-GO-ROUND.
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