THE TIME SPIRIT
Reading edition
A Romantic Tale
BY
J. C. SNAITH
AUTHOR OF “THE COMING,” “THE SAILOR,” ETC.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK 1918
Copyright, 1918, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Arrival 1
II. Aunt Annie and Aunty Harriet 32
III. Flowing Water 68
IV. Bridport House 87
V. Alarums and Excursions 120
VI. Plot and Counterplot 149
VII. A Tragic Coil 170
VIII. A Busy Morning 186
IX. An Interlude 210
X. Time’s Revenge 232
XI. A Bomb 253
XII. Ardors and Endurances 273
XIII. Everything for the Best 293
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
Three pairs of eyes met in challenge Frontispiece
“How did you come by it, Joe?” 24
“You give up your young man—simply because of that?” 198
“We mustn’t build castles,” she sighed, and the light fringed her eyelids 296
THE TIME SPIRIT