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To My Wife





CONTENTS

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A TOUCH OF BLACK MAGIC 1

CHAPTER
I. I RIDE SOWN TO HADDON 3
II. THE IRON, THE SEED, THE CLOUD, AND THE RAIN 19
III. THE PITCHER GOES TO THE WELL 35
IV. THE GOLDEN HEART 62
V. MINE ENEMY'S ROOF-TREE 91
VI. A DANGEROUS TRIP TO DERBY-TOWN 108
VII. TRIBULATION IN HADDON 130
VIII. MALCOLM NO. 2 163
IX. A TRYST AT BOWLING GREEN GATE 181
X. THOMAS THE MAN-SERVANT 211
XI. THE COST MARK OF JOY 239
XII. THE LEICESTER POSSIBILITY 260