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Title: The Doomsman

Author: Van Tassel Sutphen

Release Date: January 7, 2009 [EBook #27730]

Language: English

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THE DOOMSMAN

BY

VAN TASSEL SUTPHEN

AUTHOR OF
"THE CARDINAL'S ROSE"
"THE GATES OF CHANCE"
ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMVI

Copyright, 1905, 1906, by
The Metropolitan Magazine Company.

Copyright, 1906, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved._

Published June, 1906.

[Illustration: "CONSTANS AND NIGHT WERE DOWN." See p. 28]

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE VERMILION FEATHER 1

II. THE NIGHT OF THE TERROR 14

III. THE NEW WORLD 19

IV. THE MAN ON HORSEBACK 25

V. THE RAT'S-HOLE 32

VI. TROY TOWN 41

VII. THE BREAD OF AFFLICTION 50

VIII. IN THE SHADOW OF DOOM 58

IX. THE KEYS OF POWER 67

X. THE MESSAGE 83

XI. THE SISTERS 93

XII. THE HEDGE OF ARROWS 106

XIII. GODS IN EXILE 120

XIV. ARCADIA HOUSE 136

XV. A MAN AND A MAID 150

XVI. AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS 162

XVII. THE AWAKENING 173

XVIII. A PROPHET OF EVIL 181

XIX. IN QUINTON EDGE'S GARDEN 188

XX. THE SILVER WHISTLE BLOWS 199

XXI. OXENFORD'S DAUGHTER 209

XXII. YET THREE DAYS 223

XXIII. THE