HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON


The Mysterious Stranger


Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published October, 1916


Illustrations

Eseldorf was a Paradise for Us BoysFrontispiece
The Lightning Blazed Out Flash upon Flash and Set the Castle on FireFacing p. 20
On the Fourth Day Comes the Astrologer from His Crumbling Old Tower“38
Marget Was Cheerful by Help of Wilhelm Meidling“60
The Astrologer Emptied the Whole of the Bowl into the Bottle“74
There Was a Sound of Tramping Outside and the Crowd Came Solemnly In“108
“Life Itself Is Only a Vision, a Dream”“148