PUBLISHERS
GROSSET & DUNLAP
NEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY JOHN RUSSELL

Published, October, 1919
PublishedSecond Printing, September, 1921
PublishedThird Printing, March, 1922
PublishedFourth Printing, November, 1922
PublishedFifth Printing, April, 1923
PublishedSixth Printing, August, 1923
English Edition Published May 1921
London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


To

CARL BRANDT


CONTENTS

The Fourth Man[9]
The Lost God[33]
The Passion Vine[59]
The Price of the Head[91]
The Slanted Beam[106]
The Red Mark[121]
East of Eastward[162]
Jetsam[183]
The Adversary[206]
Meaning—Chase Yourself[221]
The Wicks of Macassar[239]
Doubloon Gold[253]
The Practicing of Christopher[284]
Amok[308]