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THE WORKS OF E. P. ROE
VOLUME THREE
A KNIGHT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
[Illustration: "WOULD HE NEVER LOOK UP?" Knight XIX Century Frontispiece]
THIS BOOK IS REVERENTLYDEDICATED TO THE MEMORYOF MY HONORED FATHER
PREFACE
He best deserves a knightly crest, Who slays the evils that infest His soul within. If victor here, He soon will find a wider sphere. The world is cold to him who pleads; The world bows low to knightly deeds.
CORNWALL ON THE HUDSON, N.Y.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER IBAD TRAINING FOR A KNIGHT
CHAPTER IIBOTH APOLOGIZE
CHAPTER IIICHAINED TO AN ICEBERG
CHAPTER IVIMMATURE
CHAPTER VPASSION'S CLAMOR
CHAPTER VI"GLOOMY GRANDEUR"
CHAPTER VIIBIRDS OF PREY
CHAPTER VIIITHEIR VICTIM
CHAPTER IXPAT AND THE PRESS
CHAPTER XRETURNING CONSCIOUSNESS
CHAPTER XIHALDANE IS ARRESTED
CHAPTER XIIA MEMORABLE MEETING
CHAPTER XIIIOUR KNIGHT IN JAIL
CHAPTER XIVMR. ARNOT'S SYSTEM WORKS BADLY
CHAPTER XVHALDANE'S RESOLVE
CHAPTER XVITHE IMPULSES OF WOUNDED PRIDE
CHAPTER XVIIAT ODDS WITH THE WORLD
CHAPTER XVIIITHE WORLD'S VERDICT—OUR KNIGHT A CRIMINAL