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The Bars of Iron
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Title: The Bars of Iron
Author: Ethel May Dell
Release Date: December 20, 2003 [eBook #10509]
Language: English
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The Bars of Iron
By Ethel M. Dell
1916
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY BROTHER REGINALD WITH MY LOVE
"He hath broken the gates of brass: And smitten the bars of iron in sunder." Psalm cvii., 16.
"I saw heaven opened." Revelation xix., II.
PROLOGUE
PART I
THE GATES OP BRASS
CHAPTER
I.
A JUG OF WATER
II. CONCERNING FOOLS
III. DISCIPLINE
IV. THE MOTHER'S HELP
V. LIFE ON A CHAIN
VI. THE RACE
VII. A FRIEND IN NEED
VIII. A TALK BY THE FIRE
IX. THE TICKET OF LEAVE
X. SPORT
XI. THE STAR OF HOPE
XII. A PAIR OF GLOVES
XIII. THE VISION
XIV. A MAN'S CONFIDENCE
XV. THE SCHEME
XVI. THE WARNING
XVI