THE PORT OF MISSING MEN

by

MEREDITH NICHOLSON

Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_,
_Zelda Dameron_, etc.

1907







Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they
heard the trotting of an horse. Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we
shall hear of some adventure.--Malory.


To the Memory of Herman Kountze




THE SHINING ROAD

Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city's bound,