Men of Mawm
WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT
For a short space Mr. Riley forsook the white for the red rose, and wrote The Lady of the Lawn as a result. He has now definitely returned to his own country, and in his new novel is told the story of Maniwel Drake, who has lost an arm; but maintains his cheerful and genial nature, and Baldwin Briggs, whose motto is “All for my-sen.”
The story deals with one of those contrasts of conflicting personalities that Mr. Riley loves to draw. There are dramatic episodes as well as character studies, and the local colour that Mr. Riley loves to introduce. Above all there blows through the book the breath of the Moors, without which a Riley book would not be a Riley book.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
W. RILEY
HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED
3 YORK STREET, ST. JAMES’S
LONDON, S.W.1 ❦ ❦ MCMXXII
Printed in Great Britain by Love & Malcomson, Ltd.
London and Redhill.
CONTENTS
MEN OF MAWM
W. Riley
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CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
IN WHICH MANIWEL DRAKE MAKES A SUGGESTION
CHAPTER IV
IN WHICH THE WOMAN ENTERS WITH THE SERPENT
CHAPTER V
IN WHICH JAGGER DRAKE SETS HIS TEETH
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
IN WHICH NANCY SPEAKS HER MIND
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
IN WHICH THE CONDITIONS ARE WINTRY
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
IN WHICH INMAN PROVES HIMSELF COMPETENT
CHAPTER XIV
IN WHICH JOHN CLEGG IS “WANTED” AND MANIWEL ISN’T
CHAPTER XV
IN WHICH THE VILLAGERS DISCUSS THE DISASTER
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
IN WHICH THE BILL OF SALE IS COMPLETED
CHAPTER XX
IN WHICH THERE IS A SENSATIONAL ROBBERY
CHAPTER XXI
IN WHICH EVENTS MOVE QUICKLY
CHAPTER XXII
IN WHICH BALDWIN FINDS NEW LODGINGS
CHAPTER XXIII
IN WHICH NANCY IS OVERWHELMED
CHAPTER XXIV
IN WHICH INMAN’S POPULARITY IS SEEN TO WAVER
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
IN WHICH MANIWEL LETS JAGGER INTO A SECRET
CHAPTER XXVII
IN WHICH NANCY PLAYS THE PART OF DETECTIVE
CHAPTER XXVIII
IN WHICH MANIWEL AND JAGGER JOIN IN THE GAME
CHAPTER XXIX
IN WHICH THE TABLES ARE TURNED MORE THAN ONCE
CHAPTER XXX
IN WHICH SWITHIN TELLS HIS STORY
CHAPTER XXXI
IN WHICH WE TAKE LEAVE OF THE MEN OF MAWM
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