With Frontispiece by
CHARLES B. BUCHEL

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1915

DEDICATION

To T. HARTLEY ROBERTS, Esq., J.P.

MY DEAR FRIEND,

I am dedicating this book to you, partly because when you read it in MS. you told me you liked it better than any story I have ever written; but more because, although words are at best utterly inadequate, I want to tell you that one of the things I value most in life is your friendship.

JOSEPH HOCKING.
PRIOR'S CORNER,
TOTTERIDGE.