Front matter

WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT

For a short space Mr. Riley forsook the white for the red rose, and wrote The Lady of the Lawn as a result. He has now definitely returned to his own country, and in his new novel is told the story of Maniwel Drake, who has lost an arm; but maintains his cheerful and genial nature, and Baldwin Briggs, whose motto is “All for my-sen.”

The story deals with one of those contrasts of conflicting personalities that Mr. Riley loves to draw. There are dramatic episodes as well as character studies, and the local colour that Mr. Riley loves to introduce. Above all there blows through the book the breath of the Moors, without which a Riley book would not be a Riley book.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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MEN OF MAWM

BY

W. RILEY

HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED

3 YORK STREET, ST. JAMES’S

LONDON, S.W.1 ❦ ❦ MCMXXII

Printed in Great Britain by Love & Malcomson, Ltd.

London and Redhill.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE

I.IN WHICH INMAN ENTERS MAWM7

II.INMAN RECEIVES A COLD RECEPTION AND SOME INFORMATION17

III.MANIWEL DRAKE MAKES A SUGGESTION27

IV.THE WOMAN ENTERS WITH THE SERPENT37

V.JAGGER DRAKE SETS HIS TEETH48

VI.BALDWIN’S SCAFFOLDING GIVES WAY AND ALSO HIS RESERVE60

VII.NANCY SPEAKS HER MIND69

VIII.NANCY QUESTIONS HER HEART AND MANIWEL QUESTIONS HIS SON80

IX.ONE LOVER WALKS OUT AND ANOTHER WALKS IN91

X.THE COMPANY AT THE “PACKHORSE” IS INVITED TO DRINK A HEALTH101

XI.THE CONDITIONS ARE WINTRY110

XII.BALDWIN’S SKY BECOMES SLIGHTLY OVERCAST121

XIII.INMAN PROVES HIMSELF COMPETENT131

XIV.JOHN CLEGG IS “WANTED” AND MANIWEL ISN’T141

XV.THE VILLAGERS DISCUSS THE DISASTER150

XVI.INMAN SHOWS THE SUBTLETY OF A VERY VENOMOUS SERPENT160

XVII.NANCY’S BABY IS BORN AND JAGGER LOSES HIS TEMPER170

XVIII.BALDWIN ALLOWS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SLIP179

XIX.THE BILL OF SALE IS COMPLETED190

XX.THERE IS A SENSATIONAL ROBBERY202

XXI.IN WHICH EVENTS MOVE QUICKLY210

XXII.BALDWIN FINDS NEW LODGINGS221

XXIII.NANCY IS OVERWHELMED231

XXIV.INMAN’S POPULARITY IS SEEN TO WAVER241

XXV.NANCY DISCUSSES THE SITUATION WITH JAGGER250

XXVI.MANIWEL LETS JAGGER INTO A SECRET260

XXVII.NANCY PLAYS THE PART OF DETECTIVE269

XXVIII.MANIWEL AND JAGGER JOIN IN THE GAME280

XXIX.THE TABLES ARE TURNED MORE THAN ONCE290

XXX.SWITHIN TELLS HIS STORY300

XXXI.WE TAKE LEAVE OF THE MEN OF MAWM309

MEN OF MAWM