KATHERINE CECIL THURSTON
Reading edition
Author of "The Circle," "The Masquerader," etc.
With Illustrations by JOHN CAMERON
TORONTO FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY 1905
Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand nine hundred and five, by Fleming H. Revell Company, Toronto, Ontario, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.
TO
THE MEMORY
OF
MY MOTHER
Transcriber's Note: Only the Frontispiece and illustration on page 61 are included in this ebook.
ILLUSTRATIONS
He lowered the candles and drew back Frontispiece
Facing Page
With a fierce gesture he took another step forward 61
The little crowd of curious idlers 123
The younger ... stared at her 141
"The End!" she said to Serracauld 210
Night after night she had sat in the stifling atmosphere 241
The two dogs looked swiftly from her face to their master's 287
She slipped to the door—opened it 337