SPEARS OF DESTINY
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A STORY OF THE FIRST CAPTURE OF CONSTANTINOPLE
BY
ARTHUR D. HOWDEN SMITH
AUTHOR OF "THE AUDACIOUS ADVENTURES OF MILES McCONAUGHY," ETC.
NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1919, By George H. Doran Company
Printed in the United States of America
TO ARTHUR SULLIVANT HOFFMAN IN A SPIRIT SOMEWHAT MALICIOUS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I In Crowden Wood II Strangers at Blancherive III The Knife in the Twilight IV The Jongleur and the Greenwood Men V Hugh Gains a Friend VI The Swart Shipman VII The Sea-Wolves VIII Spears of Destiny IX The Comrades Take the Cross X How Hugh Was Tested XI The Green Gondola XII The Isle of Rabbits XIII In The Power of the Doge XIV The Bargain of the Host XV Hugh's Enemies Strike Again XVI The Imperial City XVII How Hugh Won Knighthood XVIII The Storming of the Walls XIX How the False Alexius Fled XX Treachery XXI How Hugh's Quest Was Ended XXII The Treasure of the Bucoleon XXIII How Bartolommeo Trusted a Strange Jailer XXIV How the Comrades Rode to Blachernae XXV Vengeance XXVI Lords of the World Epilogue
SPEARS OF DESTINY