Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK _NEW SIX SHILLING NOVELS_ OLD DELABOLE. _By_ EDEN PHILLPOTTS. OF HUMAN BONDAGE. _By_ WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM. THE FREELANDS. _By_ JOHN GALSWORTHY. MUSLIN. _By_ GEORGE MOORE. OFF SANDY HOOK. _By_ RICHARD DEHAN. THE LITTLE ILIAD. _By_ MAURICE HEWLETT. _Illustrated by_ SIR PHILIP BURNE-JONES, Bart. THE IMMORTAL GYMNASTS. _By_ MARIE CHER. MRS. CROFTON. _By_ MARGUERITE BRYANT. THE LATER LIFE. _By_ LOUIS COUPERUS. CARFRAE'S COMEDY. _By_ GLADYS PARRISH. THE BOTTLE-FILLERS. _By_ EDWARD NOBLE. CHAPEL. _By_ D. MILES LEWIS. LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN 21 Bedford Street, W.C. [Illustration] BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK BY F. TENNYSON JESSE AUTHOR OF "THE MILKY WAY," ETC [Illustration] LONDON MCMXV WILLIAM HEINEMANN _London: William Heinemann_, 1915 THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE TO MISS HANNAH MERCY ROBERTS (NAN) AS A SMALL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF A LARGE DEBT Contents PAGE A SHEPHERDESS OF FAUNS 1 THE LADDER 29 THE GREATEST GIFT 81 THE MASK 109 A GARDEN ENCLOSED 135 THE MAN WITH TWO MOUTHS 181 WHY SENATH MARRIED 203 THE COFFIN SHIP 227 _The stories in this volume are printed in chronological order._ A SHEPHERDESS OF FAUNS Archie Lethbridge arrived in Provence thoroughly satisfied with life. He had just sold a big picture; was contemplating, with every prospect of success, giving a "one-man-show" in London of the work he would do in Provence; and the girl he loved had accepted him.