The Garden of God

BY

H. De Vere Stacpoole

AUTHOR OF “THE BLUE LAGOON,” ETC.

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

1923

Copyright, 1923,

By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY

THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY

BOOK MANUFACTURERS

RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY

CONTENTS

BOOK I—ON THE ISLAND
I[THE CORMORANT]
II[DAWN]
III[THE VISION]
IV[DICK EM]
V[THE GARDEN OF GOD]
VI[HERE ONCE THEY DWELT]
VII[THE KEEPER OF THE LAGOON]
VIII[SUNSET]
IX[THE ROLLERS]
BOOK II—THE CHILDREN RETURN
I[TIME PASSES]
II[THE RETURN OF THE CHILDREN]
III[IN THE GARDEN OF GOD THERE IS TRUTH]
IV[THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE DEMON]
V[OUT OF THE GLOOM]
VI[KATAFA]
VII[BLOWN TO SEA]
VIII[AT DAWN]
IX[OUT OF THE SEA]
X[A FIRE ON THE REEF]
XI[A FIRE ON THE REEF (Continued)]
XII[NANAWA SPEAKS]
XIII[THE WISH]
XIV[OUT OF THE GLOOM]
XV[NAN]
XVI[THE MONTHS PASS]
XVII[THE FIGHT ON THE BEACH]
XVIII[WAR]
XIX[DAYBREAK]
XX[THE TREE]
XXI[THE GREAT KILL]
XXII[THE CRISIS]
XXIII[THE PRISON OF THE TREES]
XXIV[KARA! KARA! KARA!]
XXV[SOUTH]
XXVI[THE PRIESTESS OF NANAWA]
XXVII[THE SHADOWS AND THE ECHOES]
XXVIII[IN THE NIGHT]
XXIX[THE BREAKING OF THE SPELL]
XXX[THE GREAT WIND]
XXXI[DEBACLE]
XXXII[AFTER THE BATTLE]
XXXIII[THE CALL OF KAROLIN]
XXXIV[THE MORNING LIGHT]
XXXV[THE DEATH OF A SEA KING]
XXXVI[THE CLUB OF MA]
XXXVII[THE CLUB OF MA (Continued)]
XXXVIII[THE FÊTE OF DEATH]
XXXIX[FROM GARDEN TO GARDEN LIKE SEEDS ON THE WIND]
XL[THE BIRTH OF A SEA KING]
XLI[HIS KINGDOM]
[CHAPTER THE LAST]

BOOK I

ON THE ISLAND