TORONTO:
WILLIAM BRIGGS
1917


Printed in Great Britain


CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE.
I.—The Masters of France[1]
II.—The Return of the Natives[11]
III.—The Hermits of La Vieuville[27]
IV.—Kindred[42]
V.—The Springtime of the Year[59]
VI.—The Legend of St. Front[73]
VII.—The Silent Pool[78]
VIII.—The General[101]
IX.—The Cooing of the Pigeons[117]
X.—The Foundries of La Frontenay[126]
XI.—The First Trick[143]
XII.—A Fool and his Folly[157]
XIII.—After a Year[174]
XIV.—The Tool[188]
XV.—A Note of Warning[196]
XVI.—The Irreparable[212]
XVII.—A Last Appeal[227]
XVIII.—The Word of the Master[239]
XIX.—The Parting of the Ways[254]
XX.—The Straw[265]
XXI.—The Crash of the Storm[279]
XXII.—Heaven and Earth[296]
XXIII.—An Hour's Folly[311]
XXIV.—After the Storm[324]
XXV.—The White Pigeon[344]

A SHEAF OF BLUEBELLS

CHAPTER I THE MASTERS OF FRANCE