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The Light of Scarthey, by Egerton Castle
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Title: The Light of Scarthey
Author: Egerton Castle
Release Date: July 12, 2008 [eBook #26045]
Language: English
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THE LIGHT OF SCARTHEY
A Romance
by
EGERTON CASTLE
Author of "The Pride of Jennico," "Young April," etc.
"Take whichsoever way thou wilt--the ways are all alike; But do thou only come--I bade my threshold wait thy coming. From out my window one can see the graves, and on my life The graves keep watch." Luteplayer's Song.
New York Frederick A. Stokes Company MCM
Copyright, 1899, by Frederick A. Stokes Company. All rights reserved.
Fourth Edition.
I Dedicate THIS BOOK TO THE MEMORY OF FREDERICK ANDREWS LARKING OF THE ROCKS, EAST MALLING, KENT THAT, SO LONG AS ANYTHING OF MINE SHALL ENDURE, THERE MAY ENDURE ALSO A RECORD OF OUR FRIENDSHIP AND OF MY SORROW
PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
Among the works of every writer of Fiction there are generally one or two that owe their being to some haunting t