THE

POOLS OF SILENCE

BY

H. de VERE STACPOOLE

AUTHOR OF

“THE BLUE LAGOON,” “THE CRIMSON AZALEAS,”

“GARRYOWEN,” ETC.

NEW YORK

DUFFIELD & COMPANY

1910

Copyright, 1910, by

DUFFIELD & COMPANY

Published, July, 1910

THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK

TABLE OF CONTENTS


PART I
CHAPTERPAGE
I.A Lecture Of Thenard’s [3]
II.Dr. Duthil [11]
III.Captain Berselius [19]
IV.Schaunard [30]
V.Marseilles [42]

PART II
VI.Matadi [51]
VII.Yandjali [56]
VIII.The Voice Of The Congo Forest [64]
IX.Big Game [72]
X.M’bassa [80]
XI.Andreas Meeus [84]
XII.Night at the Fort [94]

PART III
XIII.The Pools of Silence [101]
XIV.Behind the Mask [110]
XV.The Punishment [115]
XVI.Due South [123]
XVII.Sun-washed Spaces [127]
XVIII.Far Into Elephant Land [130]
XIX.The Great Herd [140]
XX.The Broken Camp [152]
XXI.The Feast of the Vultures [159]
XXII.The Lost Guide [164]
XXIII.Beyond the Skyline [173]
XXIV.The Sentence of the Desert [181]
XXV.Toward the Sunset [187]
XXVI.The Fading Mist [192]
XXVII.I Am the Forest [200]
XXVIII.God Sends a Guide [204]
XXIX.The Vision of the Pools [212]

PART IV
XXX.The Avenger [219]
XXXI.The Voice of the Forest by Night [230]
XXXII.Moonlight on the Pools [236]
XXXIII.The River of Gold [245]
XXXIV.The Substitute [252]
XXXV.Paris [258]
XXXVI.Dreams [266]
XXXVII.Berselius Beholds His Other Self [273]
XXXVIII.The Revolt of a Slave [280]
XXXIX.Maxine [283]
XL.Pugin [296]
XLI.The Return of Captain Berselius [304]
XLII.Amidst the Lilies [315]

PART ONE