Produced by Tom Allen, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE WORKS OF E. P. ROE VOLUME THREE A KNIGHT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY [Illustration: "WOULD HE NEVER LOOK UP?" Knight XIX Century _Frontispiece_] THIS BOOK IS REVERENTLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY HONORED FATHER PREFACE He best deserves a knightly crest, Who slays the evils that infest His soul within. If victor here, He soon will find a wider sphere. The world is cold to him who pleads; The world bows low to knightly deeds. CORNWALL ON THE HUDSON, N.Y. CONTENTS CHAPTER I BAD TRAINING FOR A KNIGHT CHAPTER II BOTH APOLOGIZE CHAPTER III CHAINED TO AN ICEBERG CHAPTER IV IMMATURE CHAPTER V PASSION'S CLAMOR CHAPTER VI "GLOOMY GRANDEUR" CHAPTER VII BIRDS OF PREY CHAPTER VIII THEIR VICTIM CHAPTER IX PAT AND THE PRESS CHAPTER X RETURNING CONSCIOUSNESS CHAPTER XI HALDANE IS ARRESTED CHAPTER XII A MEMORABLE MEETING CHAPTER XIII OUR KNIGHT IN JAIL CHAPTER XIV MR. ARNOT'S SYSTEM WORKS BADLY CHAPTER XV HALDANE'S RESOLVE CHAPTER XVI THE IMPULSES OF WOUNDED PRIDE CHAPTER XVII AT ODDS WITH THE WORLD CHAPTER XVIII THE WORLD'S VERDICT--OUR KNIGHT A CRIMINAL CHAPTER XIX THE WORLD'S BEST OFFER--A PRISON CHAPTER XX MAIDEN AND WOOD-SAWYER CHAPTER XXI MAGNANIMOUS MR. SHRUMPF CHAPTER XXII A MAN WHO HATED HIMSELF CHAPTER XXIII MR. GROWTHER BECOMES GIGANTIC CHAPTER XXIV HOW PUBLIC OPINION IS OFTEN MADE CHAPTER XXV A PAPER PONIARD CHAPTER XXVI A SORRY KNIGHT CHAPTER XXVII GOD SENT HIS ANGEL CHAPTER XXVIII FACING THE CONSEQUENCES CHAPTER XXIX HOW EVIL ISOLATES CHAPTER XXX IDEAL KNIGHTHOOD CHAPTER XXXI THE LOW STARTING-POINT CHAPTER XXXII A SACRED REFRIGERATOR CHAPTER XXXIII A DOUBTFUL BATTLE IN PROSPECT CHAPTER XXXIV A FOOT-HOLD CHAPTER XXXV THAT SERMON WAS A BOMB-SHELL CHAPTER XXXVI MR. GROWTHER FEEDS AN ANCIENT GRUDGE CHAPTER XXXVII HOPING FOR A MIRACLE CHAPTER XXXVIII THE MIRACLE TAKES PLACE CHAPTER XXXIX VOTARIES OF THE WORLD CHAPTER XL HUMAN NATURE CHAPTER XLI MRS. ARNOT'S CREED CHAPTER XLII THE LEVER THAT MOVES THE WORLD CHAPTER XLIII MR. GROWTHER "STUMPED" CHAPTER XLIV GROWTH CHAPTER XLV LAURA ROMEYN CHAPTER XLVI MISJUDGED CHAPTER XLVII LAURA CHOOSES HER KNIGHT CHAPTER XLVIII MRS. ARNOT'S KNIGHT CHAPTER XLIX A KNIGHTLY DEED CHAPTER L "O DREADED DEATH!" CHAPTER LI "O PRICELESS LIFE!" CHAPTER LII A MAN VERSUS A CONNOISSEUR CHAPTER LIII EXIT OF LAURA'S FIRST KNIGHT CHAPTER LIV ANOTHER KNIGHT APPEARS A KNIGHT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY CHAPTER I BAD TRAINING FOR A KNIGHT Egbert Haldane had an enemy who loved him very dearly, and he sincerely returned her affection, as he was in duty bound, since she was his mother. If, inspired by hate and malice, Mrs. Haldane had brooded over but one question at the cradle of her child, How can I most surely destroy this boy? she could scarcely have set about the task more skilfully and successfully.