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THE WORKS OF E. P. ROE
VOLUME THREE
A KNIGHT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
[Illustration: "WOULD HE NEVER LOOK UP?"
Knight XIX Century Frontispiece]
THIS BOOK IS REVERENTLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY HONORED FATHER
PREFACE
He best deserves a knightly crest,
Who slays the evils that infest
His soul within. If victor here,
He soon will find a wider sphere.
The world is cold to him who pleads;
The world bows low to knightly deeds.