THE DEW OF THEIR YOUTH BY S. R. CROCKETT AUTHOR OF ‘THE LILAC SUNBONNET,’ ‘THE BLACK DOUGLAS,’ ‘STRONG MAC,’ ‘ROSE OF THE WILDERNESS,’ ETC. HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON MCMX

Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

CONTENTS

PART I
CHAPTER I
PAGE
The Haunted House of Marnhoul[1]
CHAPTER II
“In the Name of the Law!”[10]
CHAPTER III
Miss Irma Gives an Audience[18]
CHAPTER IV
First Foot in the Haunted House[22]
CHAPTER V
The Censor of Morals[33]
CHAPTER VI
The Apotheosis of Agnes Anne[42]
CHAPTER VII
The Doctor’s Advent[51]
CHAPTER VIII
Kate of the Shore[62]
CHAPTER IX
The Eve of St. John[73]
CHAPTER X
The Crowbar in the Wood[82]
CHAPTER XI
Agnes Anne’s Experiences As a Spy[87]
CHAPTER XII
The Fight in the Dark[96]
CHAPTER XIII
A World of Ink and Fire[101]
CHAPTER XIV
The White Free Traders[109]
PART II
CHAPTER XV
My Grandmother Speaks Her Mind[118]
CHAPTER XVI
Castle Connoway[127]
CHAPTER XVII
The Man “Doon-the-Hoose”[133]
CHAPTER XVIII
The Transfiguration of Aunt Jen[138]
CHAPTER XIX
Loaded-Pistol Pollixfen[146]
CHAPTER XX
The Real Mr. Poole[155]
CHAPTER XXI
While We Sat By the Fire[162]
PART III
CHAPTER XXII
Boyd Connoway’s Evidence[170]
CHAPTER XXIII
The Sharp Spur[184]
CHAPTER XXIV
The College of King James[193]
CHAPTER XXV
Satan Finds[201]
CHAPTER XXVI
Perfidy, Thy Name is Woman![209]
CHAPTER XXVII
“Then, Heigh-Ho, the Molly!”[218]
CHAPTER XXVIII
Love and the Logician[227]
CHAPTER XXIX
The Avalanche[233]
CHAPTER XXX
The Vanishing Lady[244]
CHAPTER XXXI
Twice Married[254]
CHAPTER XXXII
The Little House on the Meadows[262]
CHAPTER XXXIII
And the Door Was Shut[268]
CHAPTER XXXIV
A Visit From Boyd Connoway[274]
CHAPTER XXXV
The Valley of the Shadow[280]
CHAPTER XXXVI
The Supplanter[288]
CHAPTER XXXVII
The Return of the Serpent to Eden Valley[297]
CHAPTER XXXVIII
By Water and the Word[305]
CHAPTER XXXIX
The Wicked Flag[313]
CHAPTER XL
The Great “Tabernacle” Revival[322]
CHAPTER XLI
In the Wood Parlour[330]
CHAPTER XLII
The Place of Dreams[338]

PART I