Contents
Reading edition
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I. ERNEST’S APPEARANCE
CHAPTER II. REGINALD CARDUS, ESQ., MISANTHROPE
CHAPTER III. OLD DUM’S NESS
CHAPTER IV. BOYS TOGETHER
CHAPTER V. EVA’S PROMISE
CHAPTER VI. JEREMY FALLS IN LOVE
CHAPTER VII. ERNEST IS INDISCREET
CHAPTER VIII. A GARDEN IDYL
CHAPTER IX. EVA FINDS SOMETHING
CHAPTER X. WHAT EVA FOUND
CHAPTER XI. DEEP WATERS
CHAPTER XII. DEEPER YET
CHAPTER XIII. MR. CARDUS UNFOLDS HIS PLANS
CHAPTER XIV. GOOD-BYE
CHAPTER XV. ERNEST GETS INTO TROUBLE
CHAPTER XVI. MADAME’S WORK
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I. MY POOR EVA
CHAPTER II. THE LOCUM TENENS
CHAPTER III. EVA TAKES A DISTRICT
CHAPTER IV. JEREMY’S IDEA OF A SHAKING
CHAPTER V. FLORENCE ON MARRIAGE
CHAPTER VI. MR. PLOWDEN GOES A-WOOING
CHAPTER VII. OVER THE WATER
CHAPTER VIII. A HOMERIC COMBAT
CHAPTER IX. ERNEST’S LOVE-LETTER
CHAPTER X. A WAY OF ESCAPE
CHAPTER XI. FOUND WANTING
CHAPTER XII. ERNEST RUNS AWAY
CHAPTER XIII. MR. PLOWDEN ASSERTS HIS RIGHTS
CHAPTER XIV. THE VIRGIN MARTYR
CHAPTER XV. HANS’S CITY OF REST
CHAPTER XVI. ERNEST ACCEPTS A COMMISSION
CHAPTER XVII. HANS PROPHESIES EVIL
CHAPTER XVIII. MR. ALSTON’S VIEWS
CHAPTER XIX. ISANDHLWANA
CHAPTER XX. THE END OF ALSTON’S HORSE
BOOK III.
CHAPTER I. THE CLIFFS OF OLD ENGLAND
CHAPTER II. ERNEST’S EVIL DESTINY
CHAPTER III. INTROSPECTIVE
CHAPTER IV. AFTER MANY DAYS
CHAPTER V. HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER VI. HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT
CHAPTER VII. MAZOOKU’S FAREWELL
CHAPTER VIII. R. CARDUS ACCOMPLISHES HIS REVENGE
CHAPTER IX. MAD ATTERLEIGH’S LAST RIDE
CHAPTER X. DOROTHY’S TRIUMPH
“Swell out, sad harmonies, From the slow cadence of the gathering years; For Life is bitter-sweet, yet bounds the flood Of human fears. A death-crowned queen, from her hid throne she scatters Smiles and tears Until Time turn aside, And we slip past him towards the wide increase Of all things beautiful, then finding there Our rest and peace; The mournful strain is ended. Sorrow and song Together cease.”
A. M. BARBER.
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE WITCH’S HEAD
HE CLENCHED HIS FISTS AND SHOOK THEM TOWARDS THE DOOR
“BY GEORGE!”
“O, RADIANT-WINGED HOUR!”
HUGH KERSHAW FLUNG UP HIS ARMS, WILDLY
A SHAPELY KAFIR GIRL
THE RESULT WAS STARTLING
THIS WAS INDEED A DAVID
HE SLOWLY LIFTED THE PISTOL TOWARDS HIS HEAD
MR. PLOWDEN LEFT THE HOUSE, WHITE WITH FURY
ERNEST DID A BRAVE THING
THE LAST CHARGE OF ALSTON’S HORSE
HE FOUND HIM LYING ON THE GROUND, WHITE AND STILL
AFTER MANY DAYS
MAZOOKU’S FAREWELL
MAD ATTERLEIGH’S LAST RIDE
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The Witch’s Head