MCMVIII

Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company

Published, March, 1908

Copyright, 1906, by Homer Lea

All rights reserved

To

My Father and to Fred Phillips

This Book is Dedicated

CONTENTS

PAGE
Prologue
The Typhoon[3]
BOOK I. A WOMAN
CHAPTER
I.In the Valley of the Fountain[25]
II.The Viceroy[34]
III.The Wife[43]
BOOK II. TWO UNKNOWNS
I.The Younger[53]
BOOK III. THE BEGINNING
I.Pro Deo et Ecclesia[65]
II.The Scholar[72]
III.Homo! Mutato![80]
IV.A Dragon and the Grotto[88]
V.The Monsoon[98]
VI.A Gift[111]
VII.Dawn[121]
VIII.The Deluge Family[128]
IX.The Derelict[144]
X.Twilight[155]
XI.Night[172]
BOOK IV. THE NEMESIS OF FATE
I.The Wanderer[185]
II.Word from the Unknown[198]
III.Dawn Again[205]
IV.The Grotto of the Sleepless Dragon[211]
V.The Propitiation of the Gods of the Waters[218]
VI.The Propitiation of the Gods of the Waters (Continued)[238]
VII.The White Lamb and Yellow Wolf[260]
VIII.And So it Ended[276]
IX.Judgment[291]
X.A Friend[305]
XI.Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabacthani[314]