[Footnote 11: Compare Egyptian ré.]

[Footnote 12: Maitland raises the question as to whether Barrahneil
was the ancestor of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Of this there is
every possibility, since many Atlanteans undoubtedly escaped to
Ireland, carrying with them the knowledge of Black Magic--to which
might be traced the Banshee and other family ghosts.]

[Footnote 13: Probably a Vice Elemental.]

[Footnote 14: All subsequent works dealing with Black Magic were
founded on it.]

[Footnote 15: Closely allied to deadly nightshade, and known in
botany as _Circæa_. It is found in damp, shady places and was used
to a very large extent in mediæval sorcery.]




CHAPTER III

LEARNING TO SIN


Messrs. Kelson and Curtis did not live in Pacific Avenue where the
Popes hold sway, nor yet in California Street where the Crockers are
wont to entertain their millionaire friends. Where they lived, there
were no massive granite steps flanked with equally massive