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Title: The Message

Author: Alec John Dawson

Illustrator: Henry Matthew Brock

Release Date: January 21, 2009 [EBook #27860]

Language: English

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THE MESSAGE

[Illustration: "I SAW THAT QUEEN OF ANCIENT BRITONS AT THE HEAD OF HER
WILD, SHAGGY LEGIONS" (_See page 233_)]

The Message

_By_ A. J. DAWSON

_Author of_ "Hidden Manna," "African Nights Entertainments,"
"Daniel Whyte," "God's Foundling,"
"Ronald Kestrel," etc.

_Illustrated from Color Sketches_
_By_ H. M. BROCK

[Device]

DANA ESTES & COMPANY, BOSTON
E. GRANT RICHARDS, LONDON

_Copyright, April 17, 1907_
BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

_Entered at Stationers' Hall_

COLONIAL PRESS
ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY C. H. SIMONDS & CO.
BOSTON, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

PART I.--THE DESCENT

CHAPTER PAGE
I. IN THE MAKING 3
II. AT THE WATER'S EDGE 12
III. AN INTERLUDE 17
IV. THE LAUNCHING 29
V. A JOURNALIST'S EQUIPMENT 41
VI. A JOURNALIST'S SURROUNDINGS 53
VII. A GIRL AND HER FAITH 66
VIII. A STIRRING WEEK 78
IX. A STEP DOWN 90
X. FACILIS DESCENSUS AVERNI 101
XI. MORNING CALLERS 111
XII. SATURDAY NIGHT IN LONDON 121
XIII. THE DEMONSTRATION IN HYDE PARK 131
XIV. THE NEWS