Transcriber's Notes:1. Page scan source: Google Bookshttps://books.google.com/books?id=5cgBAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University)KISSING THE ROD.A Novel.BYEDMUND YATES,AUTHOR OF "BROKEN TO HARNESS," "RUNNING THE GAUNTLET," "LAND AT LAST," ETC."The heart knoweth its own bitterness."IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III.LONDON:TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18 CATHERINE ST. STRAND.1866.[All rights of translation and reproduction reserved.]