Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CASTAWAY

“_Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart,
’Tis woman’s whole existence_....” _p. 95._]

THE
CASTAWAY

THREE GREAT MEN RUINED IN
ONE YEAR--A KING, A CAD AND
A CASTAWAY

_By_
HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES
Author of Hearts Courageous, A Furnace of Earth, etc., etc.

_Illustrated by_
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT 1904
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

MAY

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TO
POST WHEELER, LITT. D.

My history will furnish materials for a pretty little Romance which
shall be entitled and denominated the loves of Lord B.

_Byron, 1804_

I hate things all fiction; and therefore the Merchant and Othello
have no great associations to me; but Pierre has. There should
always be some foundation of fact for the most airy fabric, and pure
invention is but the talent of a liar.
_Byron, 1817_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE FEAST OF RAMAZAN 1

II “MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW” 9

III THE BOOMERANG 18

IV THE LITTLE BOY IN ABERDEEN 26

V AS ANYTHINGARIAN 34

VI WHAT THE DEAD MAY KNOW 41

VII THE YOUTH IN FLEET PRISON 49

VIII A SAVAGE SPUR 58

IX GORDON WAKES AND FINDS HIMSELF FAMOUS 66

X THE PRICE OF THE BAUBLE 75

XI THE BEATEN PATH 86

XII “MAN’S LOVE IS OF MAN’S LIFE A THING APART” 92

XIII THE SMIRCHED IMAGE 96

XIV WHAT CAME OF THE TREACLE-MOON 100

XV THE PITFALL 112

XVI THE DESPOILING 120

XVII THE BURSTING OF THE STORM 128

XVIII GORDON STANDS AT BAY 135

XIX THE BURNING OF AN EFFIGY 142

XX THE EXILE 152

XXI GORDON SWIMS FOR A LIFE 156

XXII THE FACE ON THE IVORY 162

XXIII THE DEVIL’S DEAL 167

XXIV THE MARK OF THE BEAST 173

XXV TERESA MEETS A STRANGER 180

XXVI A WOMAN OF FIRE AND DREAMS 189

XXVII THE EVIL EYE 197

XXVIII THE HAUNTED MAN 204

XXIX TERESA’S AWAKENING 208

XXX THE PEACE OF PADRE SOMALIAN 218

XXXI AT THE FEET OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS 223

XXXII THE RESTRAINING HAND 235

XXXIII THE PASSING OF JANE CLERMONT 246

XXXIV TITA INTERVENES 252

XXXV IN THE CASA GARDEN 256

XXXVI THE FACE AT THE WINDOW 263

XXXVII TREVANION FINDS AN ALLY 269

XXXVIII THE HEART OF A WOMAN 276

XXXIX BARRIERS BURNED AWAY 283

XL THE OATH ON THE KRISS 290

XLI ASHES OF DENIAL 298

XLII GORDON TELLS A STORY 303

XLIII ONE GOLDEN HOUR 309

XLIV BY ORDER OF THE POPE 316

XLV THE SUMMONS 321

XLVI THE POTION 325

XLVII THE COMPLICITY OF THE GODS 329

XLVIII THE ALL OF LOVE 337

XLIX “YOU ARE AIMING AT MY HEART!” 344

L CASSIDY FINDS A LOST SCENT 348

LI DR. NOTT’S SERMON 352

LII TREVANION IN THE TOILS 359

LIII THE COMING OF DALLAS 363

LIV THE PYRE 372

LV THE CALL 378

LVI THE FAREWELL 386

LVII THE MAN IN THE RED UNIFORM 395

LVIII THE ARCHISTRATEGOS 401

LIX IN WHICH TERESA MAKES A JOURNEY 410

LX TRIED AS BY FIRE 416

LXI THE RENUNCIATION 423

LXII GORDON GOES UPON A PILGRIMAGE 427

LXIII THE GREAT SILENCE 434

LXIV “OF HIM WHOM SHE DENIED A HOME, THE GRAVE” 437

AFTERMATH 439

THE CASTAWAY