White Fire
WHITE FIRE
BY JOHN OXENHAM
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY G. GRENVILLE MANTON
Adversity doth make men strong, Yet stronger still I count the man Who can sustain prosperity unspoiled And turn it to high uses.
The white fire of a great enthusiasm is the mightiest force in the world.
TORONTO
THE COPP CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED
1905
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
GOD'S PRISONER RISING FORTUNES A PRINCESS OF VASCOVY OUR LADY OF DELIVERANCE JOHN OF GERISAU UNDER THE IRON FLAIL BONDMAN FREE THE VERY SHORT MEMORY OF MR. JOSEPH SCORER BARBE OF GRAND BAYOU A WEAVER OF WEBS HEARTS IN EXILE THE GATE OF THE DESERT
John Oxenham
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Waved his hand to her, and received an answering wave.
One sign of flinching and it is finished.
"My life is forfeit to the past."
"And he has really had the audacity to ask you to marry him."
She had long and peremptory interviews with her lawyers.
Blair called for the mate and told him curtly what he had already told the captain.
[Illustration: "We shall see them again," said Captain Cathie (missing from book)]
It might be for the last time.
Steps on the road to salvation.
"Hello! what's this?"
"Quite happy, Jean?" asked Blair
Peace with a spear.
A burly individual in sailorly garb came down the beach.
Blair sprang upright instinctively.
Waved her farewells from the shore.