ILLUSTRATIONS

["The wolf's teeth clutched the young man's leg"]	Frontispiece
["Thank you very much!" exclaimed Harold]	opp. page 80
["Strangers and yet not strangers"]	" 192
["That'll be our new home, sweetheart"]	" 272

IN THE VAN

CHAPTER I.

Ye Builders, true on land and lake To name and Nation's glory, Though time has left you in its wake, Your stress must tell its story.

^"Harold Manning: wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance, in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health; and forsaking all others, keep thee only unto her as long as ye both shall live?" rang out in clear, solemn tones throughout the little chapel of the Abbey on that still November morning.

"I will," came the answer. The few who were present heard the words with a thrill. They knew in his case how much they meant.

"Helen Brandon: Wilt thou have this man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance, in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou obey him and serve him, love, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health; and forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?"