Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team [Illustration: THE RED GLEAM FROM THE BLAZING LOGS FELL UPON HER SHINING HAIR; IT GLISTENED LIKE GOLD. SHE WORE A SIMPLE EVENING GOWN OF WHITE.] GREEN FANCY BY GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON AUTHOR OF "GRAUSTARK," "THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND," "THE PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK," ETC. WITH FRONTISPIECE BY C. ALLAN GILBERT NEW YORK 1917 CONTENTS I. THE FIRST WAYFARER AND THE SECOND WAYFARER MEET AND PART ON THE HIGHWAY II. THE FIRST WAYFARER LAYS HIS PACK ASIDE AND FALLS IN WITH FRIENDS III. MR. RUSHCROFT DISSOLVES, MR. JONES INTERVENES, AND TWO MEN RIDE AWAY IV. AN EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBERMAID, A MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY, AND A MAN WHO SAID "THANK YOU" V. THE FARM-BOY TELLS A GHASTLY STORY, AND AN IRISHMAN ENTERS VI. CHARITY BEGINS FAR FROM HOME, AND A STROLL IN THE WILDWOOD FOLLOWS VII. SPUN-GOLD HAIR, BLUE EYES, AND VARIOUS ENCOUNTERS VIII. A NOTE, SOME FANCIES, AND AN EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF FACTS IX. THE FIRST WAYFARER, THE SECOND WAYFARER, AND THE SPIRIT OF CHIVALRY ASCENDANT X. THE PRISONER OF GREEN FANCY, AND THE LAMENT OF PETER THE CHAUFFEUR XI. MR. SPROUSE ABANDONS LITERATURE AT AN EARLY HOUR IN THE MORNING XII. THE FIRST WAYFARER ACCEPTS AN INVITATION, AND MR. DILLINGFORD BELABORS A PROXY XIII. THE SECOND WAYFARER RECEIVES TWO VISITORS AT MIDNIGHT XIV. A FLIGHT, A STONE-CUTTER'S SHED, AND A VOICE OUTSIDE XV. LARGE BODIES MOVE SLOWLY,--BUT MR. SPROUSE WAS SMALLER THAN THE AVERAGE XVI. THE FIRST WAYFARER VISITS A SHRINE, CONFESSES, AND TAKES AN OATH XVII. THE SECOND WAYFARER IS TRANSFORMED, AND MARRIAGE IS FLOUTED XVIII. MR. SPROUSE CONTINUES TO BE PERPLEXING, BUT PUTS HIS NOSE TO THE GROUND XIX. A TRIP BY NIGHT, A SUPPER, AND A LATE ARRIVAL XX. THE FIRST WAYFARER HAS ONE TREASURE THRUST UPON HIM,--AND FORTHWITH CLAIMS ANOTHER XXI. THE END IN SIGHT CHAPTER I THE FIRST WAYFARER AND THE SECOND WAYFARER MEET AND PART ON THE HIGHWAY