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Title: The Wonder

Author: J. D. Beresford

Release Date: November 7, 2008 [EBook #27188]

Language: English

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THE WONDER

BY J. D. BERESFORD

THESE LYNNEKERS
THE EARLY HISTORY OF JACOB STAHL
A CANDIDATE FOR TRUTH
THE INVISIBLE EVENT
THE HOUSE IN DEMETRIUS ROAD

GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
NEW YORK

THE
WONDER

BY

J. D. BERESFORD
AUTHOR OF "THESE LYNNEKERS," "THE STORY OF JACOB STAHL," ETC.

[Device]

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Dialect
and variant spellings have been retained. Greek text has been
transliterated and is shown between {braces}.

TO
MY FRIEND AND CRITIC
HUGH WALPOLE

CONTENTS

PART ONE

MY EARLY ASSOCIATIONS WITH GINGER STOTT

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE MOTIVE 11

II. NOTES FOR A BIOGRAPHY OF GINGER STOTT 22

III. THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF GINGER STOTT 58

PART TWO

THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WONDER

IV. THE MANNER OF HIS BIRTH 71

V. HIS DEPARTURE FROM STOKE-UNDERHILL 92

VI. HIS FATHER'S DESERTION 107

VII. HIS DEBT TO HENRY CHALLIS