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Title: Jason

Author: Justus Miles Forman

Release Date: August 23, 2004 [EBook #13261]

Language: English

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JASON

A ROMANCE

BY
JUSTUS MILES FORMAN

AUTHOR OF
"A STUMBLING BLOCK" "BUCHANAN'S WIFE"
"THE ISLAND OF ENCHANTMENT"

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
W. HATHERELL, R.I.

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMIX

COPYRIGHT, 1908.

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A PARIS

MERE MYSTERIEUSE ... SOEUR CONSOLATRICE
ENCHANTERESSE AUX YEUX VOILES
JE DEDIE CE PETIT ROMAN
EN RECONNAISSANCE
J.M.F.

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CONTENTS

I. STE. MARIE HEARS OF A MYSTERY AND MEETS A DARK LADY

II. THE LADDER TO THE STARS

III. STE. MARIE MAKES A VOW, BUT A PAIR OF EYES HAUNT HIM

IV. OLD DAVID STEWART

V. JASON SETS FORTH UPON THE GREAT ADVENTURE

VI. A BRAVE GENTLEMAN RECEIVES A HURT, BUT VOLUNTEERS IN A GOOD CAUSE

VII. CAPTAIN STEWART MAKES A KINDLY OFFER

VIII. JASON MEETS WITH A MISADVENTURE AND DREAMS A DREAM

IX. JASON GOES UPON A JOURNEY, AND RICHARD HARTLEY PLEADS FOR HIM

X. CAPTAIN STEWART ENTERTAINS

XI. A GOLDEN LADY ENTERS--THE EYES AGAIN

XII. THE NAME OF THE LADY WITH THE EYES--EVIDENCE HEAPS UP SWIFTLY

XIII. THE VOYAGE TO COLCHIS

XIV. THE WALLS OF AEA

XV. A CONVERSATION AT LA LIERRE

XVI. THE BLACK CAT

XVII. THOSE WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND

XVIII. A CONVERSATION OVERHEARD

XIX. THE INVALID TAKES THE AIR

XX. THE STONE BENCH AT THE ROND POINT

XXI. A MIST DIMS THE SHINING STAR

XXII. A SETTLEMENT REFUSED

XXIII. THE LAST ARROW

XXIV. THE JOINT IN THE ARMOR

XXV. MEDEA GOES OVER TO THE ENEMY

XXVI. BUT THE FLEECE ELECTS TO REMAIN

XXVII. THE NIGHT'S WORK

XXVIII. MEDEA'S LITTLE HOUR

XXIX. THE SCALES OF INJUSTICE

XXX. JASON SAILS BACK TO COLCHIS--JOURNEY'S END

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