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Title: The Tyranny of the Dark

Author: Hamlin Garland

Release Date: January 8, 2008 [EBook #24220]

Language: English

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[Illustration: See p. 243
"SHE CAME SLOWLY, WITH ONE SLIM HAND ON THE RAILING"]

THE TYRANNY
OF THE DARK

BY

HAMLIN GARLAND

AUTHOR OF
"THE CAPTAIN OF THE GRAY-HORSE TROOP"
"HESPER" "THE LIGHT OF THE STAR"
ETC. ETC.

[Illustration]

LONDON AND NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS
PUBLISHERS :: MCMV

Copyright, 1905, by HAMLIN GARLAND.

_All rights reserved._
Published May, 1905.

CONTENTS

BOOK I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE SETTING 1

II. THE MAID ON THE MOUNTAIN-SIDE 4

III. THE MAN 11

IV. A SECOND MEETING 15

V. PUPIL AND MASTER 23

VI. IN THE MARSHALL BASIN