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Title: In the Morning of Time

Author: Charles G. D. Roberts

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IN THE MORNING OF TIME

IN THE MORNING OF TIME

BY

CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS

Author of "The Kindred of the Wild," etc.

[Illustration]

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1922, by

Frederick A. Stokes Company

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Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I The World Without Man 1
II The King of the Triple Horn 20
III The Finding of Fire 41
IV The Children of the Shining One 70
V The Puller-Down of Trees 97
VI The Battle of the Brands 123
VII The Rescue of A-ya 149
VIII The Bending of the Bow 174
IX The Destroying Splendor 198
X The Terrors of the Dark 219
XI The Feasting of the Cave Folk 243
XII On the Face of the Waters 259
XIII The Fear 278
XIV The Lake of Long Sleep 295

IN THE MORNING OF TIME

IN THE MORNING OF TIME

CHAPTER I

THE WORLD WITHOUT MAN

It lay apparently afloat on the sluggish, faintly discolored tide--a
placid, horse-faced, shovel-nosed head, with bumpy holes for ears and
immense round eyes of a somewhat anxious mildness.

The anxiety in the great eyes was not without reason, for their owner
had just ar