A Second Coming

by Richard Marsh

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Canvasback library of Popular Fiction. Volume IX

A Second Coming

A SECOND COMING

A SECOND COMING

BY RICHARD MARSH

BY

RICHARD MARSH

JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK & LONDON MCMIV

JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK & LONDON MCMIV

Copyright, 1900
By John Lane

'If,' asked the Man in the Street, 'Christ were to come again to London, in this present year of grace, how would He be received, and what would happen?'

'I will try to show you,' replied the Scribe.

* * * * *

These following pages represent the Scribe's attempt to achieve the impossible.

CONTENTS

[I. THE TALES WHICH WERE TOLD]
CHAPTER
I.	[THE INTERRUPTED DINNER.]
II.	[THE WOMAN AND THE COATS.]
III.	[THE WORDS OF THE PREACHER.]
IV.	[THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER.]
V.	[THE OPERATION.]
VI.	[THE BLACKLEG.]
VII.	[IN PICCADILLY.]
VIII.	[THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS LEFT.]
IX.	[THE FIRST DISCIPLE.]
X.	[THE DEPUTATION.]
XI.	[THE SECOND DISCIPLE.]
[II. THE TUMULT WHICH AROSE]
XII.	[THE CHARCOAL-BURNER.]
XIII.	[A TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.]
XIV.	[THE WORDS OF THE WISE.]
XV.	[THE SUPPLICANT.]
XVI.	[IN THE MORNING.]
XVII.	[THE MIRACLE OF HEALING.]
XVIII.	[THE YOUNG MAN.]
[III. THE PASSION OF THE PEOPLE]
XIX.	[THE HUNT AND THE HOME.]
XX.	[THEY THAT WOULD ASK WITH A THREAT.]
XXI.	[THE ASKING.]
XXII.	[A SEMINARY PRIEST.]
XXIII.	[AND THE CHILD.]

I

[The Tales which were Told]