Men of Mawm

For a short space Mr. Riley forsook the white for the red rose, and wrote The Lady of the Lawn as a result. He has now definitely returned to his own country, and in his new novel is told the story of Maniwel Drake, who has lost an arm; but maintains his cheerful and genial nature, and Baldwin Briggs, whose motto is “All for my-sen.”

The story deals with one of those contrasts of conflicting personalities that Mr. Riley loves to draw. There are dramatic episodes as well as character studies, and the local colour that Mr. Riley loves to introduce. Above all there blows through the book the breath of the Moors, without which a Riley book would not be a Riley book.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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MEN OF
MAWM

W. RILEY

HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED

3 YORK STREET, ST. JAMES’S

LONDON, S.W.1 ❦ ❦ MCMXXII

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Printed in Great Britain by Love & Malcomson, Ltd.

London and Redhill.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	IN WHICH INMAN ENTERS MAWM	7
II.	INMAN RECEIVES A COLD RECEPTION AND SOME INFORMATION	17
III.	MANIWEL DRAKE MAKES A SUGGESTION	27
IV.	THE WOMAN ENTERS WITH THE SERPENT	37
V.	JAGGER DRAKE SETS HIS TEETH	48
VI.	BALDWIN’S SCAFFOLDING GIVES WAY AND ALSO HIS RESERVE	60
VII.	NANCY SPEAKS HER MIND	69
VIII.	NANCY QUESTIONS HER HEART AND MANIWEL QUESTIONS HIS SON	80
IX.	ONE LOVER WALKS OUT AND ANOTHER WALKS IN	91
X.	THE COMPANY AT THE “PACKHORSE” IS INVITED TO DRINK A HEALTH	101
XI.	THE CONDITIONS ARE WINTRY	110
XII.	BALDWIN’S SKY BECOMES SLIGHTLY OVERCAST	121
XIII.	INMAN PROVES HIMSELF COMPETENT	131
XIV.	JOHN CLEGG IS “WANTED” AND MANIWEL ISN’T	141
XV.	THE VILLAGERS DISCUSS THE DISASTER	150
XVI.	INMAN SHOWS THE SUBTLETY OF A VERY VENOMOUS SERPENT	160
XVII.	NANCY’S BABY IS BORN AND JAGGER LOSES HIS TEMPER	170
XVIII.	BALDWIN ALLOWS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SLIP	179
XIX.	THE BILL OF SALE IS COMPLETED	190
XX.	THERE IS A SENSATIONAL ROBBERY	202
XXI.	IN WHICH EVENTS MOVE QUICKLY	210
XXII.	BALDWIN FINDS NEW LODGINGS	221
XXIII.	NANCY IS OVERWHELMED	231
XXIV.	INMAN’S POPULARITY IS SEEN TO WAVER	241
XXV.	NANCY DISCUSSES THE SITUATION WITH JAGGER	250
XXVI.	MANIWEL LETS JAGGER INTO A SECRET	260
XXVII.	NANCY PLAYS THE PART OF DETECTIVE	269
XXVIII.	MANIWEL AND JAGGER JOIN IN THE GAME	280
XXIX.	THE TABLES ARE TURNED MORE THAN ONCE	290
XXX.	SWITHIN TELLS HIS STORY	300
XXXI.	WE TAKE LEAVE OF THE MEN OF MAWM	309

MEN OF MAWM

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