BY

CLAUDE A. SHEPPERSON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1898

Copyright, 1897
By STANLEY J. WEYMAN

All rights reserved

TO MY BROTHER HENRY

IN MEMORY OF A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE YEAR 1877
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]