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[Illustration: "I SAW THAT QUEEN OF ANCIENT BRITONS AT THE HEAD OF HER
WILD, SHAGGY LEGIONS" ( See page 233 )]
The Message
By A. J. DAWSON Author of "Hidden Manna," "African Nights Entertainments,"
"Daniel Whyte," "God's Foundling,"
"Ronald Kestrel," etc.
Illustrated from Color Sketches
By H. M. BROCK
[Device]
DANA ESTES & COMPANY, BOSTON
E. GRANT RICHARDS, LONDON
Copyright, April 17, 1907
BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY All rights reserved Entered at Stationers' Hall
COLONIAL PRESS
ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY C. H. SIMONDS & CO.
BOSTON, U.S.A.
CONTENTS
PART I. THE DESCENT CHAPTER PAGE
I. IN THE MAKING 3
II. AT THE WATER'S EDGE 12
III. AN INTERLUDE 17
IV. THE LAUNCHING 29
V. A JOURNALIST'S EQUIPMENT 41
VI. A JOURNALIST'S SURROUNDINGS 53
VII. A GIRL AND HER FAITH 66
VIII. A STIRRING WEEK 78
IX. A STEP DOWN 90
X. FACILIS DESCENSUS AVERNI 101
XI. MORNING CALLERS 111
XII. SATURDAY NIGHT IN LONDON 121
XIII. THE DEMONSTRATION IN HYDE PARK 131
XIV. THE NEWS 143
XV. SUNDAY NIGHT IN LONDON 153
XVI. A PERSONAL REVELATION 163
XVII. ONE STEP FORWARD 168
XVIII. THE DEAR LOAF 177
XIX. THE TRAGIC WEEK 188
XX. BLACK SATURDAY 198
XXI. ENGLAND ASLEEP 208
PART II. THE AWAKENING I. THE FIRST DAYS 221
II. ANCIENT LIGHTS 228
III. THE RETURN TO LONDON 237
IV. THE CONFERENCE 243
V. MY OWN PART 257
VI. PREPARATIONS 262
VII. THE SWORD OF THE LORD 271
VIII. THE PREACHERS 291
IX. THE CITIZENS 301
X. SMALL FIGURES ON A GREAT STAGE 312
XI. THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE 317
XII. BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER 330
XIII. ONE SUMMER MORNING 338
XIV. "FOR GOD, OUR RACE, AND DUTY" 343
XV. "SINGLE HEART AND SINGLE SWORD" 352
XVI. HANDS ACROSS THE SEA 360
XVII. THE PENALTY 366
XVIII. THE PEACE 374
XIX. THE GREAT ALLIANCE 383
XX. PEACE HATH HER VICTORIES 389
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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"I SAW THAT QUEEN OF ANCIENT BRITONS AT
THE HEAD OF HER WILD, SHAGGY LEGIONS" Frontispiece THE ROARING CITY 40 "RIVERS USHERED IN MISS CONSTANCE GREY" 114 "I WAS ON MY KNEES AND KISSING THE NERVELESS HAND" 212
PART I THE DESCENT
Non his juventus orta parentibus infecit aequor sanguine
Punico. HORACE.
THE MESSAGE
I IN THE MAKING "Such as I am, sir no great subject for a boaster, I admit you see
in me a product of my time, sir, and of very worthy parents, I
assure you." EZEKIEL JOY.
As a very small lad, at home in Tarn Regis, I had but one close chum,
George Stairs, and he went off with his father to Canada, while I was
away for my first term at Elstree School. Then came Rugby, where I had
several friends, but the chief of them was Leslie Wheeler. Just why we
should have been close friends I cannot say, but I fancy it was mainly
because Leslie was such a handsome fellow, and always seemed to cut a
good figure in everything he did; while I, on the other hand, excelled
in nothing, and was not brilliant even in the expression of my
discontent, which was tolerably comprehensive... Continue reading book >>
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