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Title: The Mystics
A Novel

Author: Katherine Cecil Thurston

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Language: English

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THE MYSTICS

A Novel

by

KATHERINE CECIL THURSTON

Author of
"The Masquerader" "The Gambler"

Illustrated

[Illustration: See Chap. VII "THE PROPHET WITH HIS FIXED GAZE UPON THE
SCITSYM"]

Harper & Brothers Publishers
New York and London
MCMVII

Copyright, 1904, by Katherine Cecil Thurston.
All rights reserved.
Published April, 1907.

To my Cousin
Nancy Inez Pollock

ILLUSTRATIONS

"THE PROPHET WITH HIS FIXED GAZE UPON THE SCITSYM" _Frontispiece_

"THE FIGURE OF HIS UNCLE ... SHOWED TALL AND
ANGULAR IN THE APERTURE" _Facing p._ 20

"HE ... GATHERED THE FIRST SHEAF OF LEAVES INTO
HIS FINGERS" " 40

"ACROSS THE PROPHET'S BREAST, IN MARKS OF A CRUEL
LACERATION, RAN THE SYMBOLIC OCTAGONAL FIGURE OF
THE MYSTIC SECT" " 56

"WITH A FRESH BURST OF TEARS, SHE TURNED AND FLUNG
HERSELF UPON THE COUCH" " 116

"HER HAND WAS TREMBLING AS SHE RAISED THE HEAVY
KNOCKER" " 136

"'I AM IN NEED OF HELP ... AND YOU CAN HELP ME'" " 146

"SHE SAW THE FIGURE OF THE PROPHET ... ATTENDED BY
THE PRECURSOR AND THE SIX ARCH-MYSTICS" " 158

THE MYSTICS

CHAPTER I