THE BARRIER

BY

REX BEACH

AUTHOR OF "THE SPOILERS"

ILLUSTRATED BY DENMAN FINK

CONTENTS

I. [THE LAST FRONTIER]
II. [POLEON DORET'S HAND IS QUICKER THAN HIS TONGUE]
III. [WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY]
IV. [THE SOLDIER FINDS AN UNTRODDEN VALLEY]
V. [A STORY IS BEGUN]
VI. [THE BURRELL CODE]
VII. [THE MAGIC OF BEN STARK]
VIII. [THE KNIFE]
IX. [THE AWAKENING]
X. [MEADE BURRELL FINDS A PATH IN THE MOONLIGHT]
XI. [WHERE THE PATH LED]
XII. [A TANGLED SKEIN]
XIII. [STARK TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME]
XIV. [A MYSTERY IS UNRAVELLED]
XV. [AND A KNOT TIGHTENED]
XVI. [JOHN GALE'S HOUR]
XVII. [THE LOVE OF POLEON DORET]
XVIII. [RUNNION FINDS THE SINGING PEOPLE]
XIX. [THE CALL OF THE OREADS]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"GREAT LOVELY DOVE!" EJACULATED BURRELL, FERVENTLY ... WONDERING IF THIS GLORIOUS THING COULD BE THE QUAINT HALF-BREED GIRL OF YESTERDAY

"I MISSED YOU DREADFULLY, DADDY," SAID NECIA. "THERE WASN'T ANY FUN IN THINGS WITHOUT YOU"