This etext was transcribed by Les Bowler [Picture: Book cover] [Picture: Post Bridge] KNOCK AT A VENTURE BY EDEN PHILLPOTTS AUTHOR OF “THE SECRET WOMAN,” “THE AMERICAN PRISONER,” ETC., ETC. * * * * * New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1906 _All rights reserved_ * * * * * COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. * * * * * Set up and electrotyped. Published August, 1905. * * * * * Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. * * * * * To MY FRIEND William Crossing FIRST LIVING AUTHORITY ON PREHISTORIC AND MEDIÆVAL DARTMOOR CONTENTS PAGE MOUND BY THE WAY 1 ‘CORBAN’ 111 “A PICKAXE, AND A SPADE, A SPADE” 133 JONAS AND DINAH 167 BENJAMIN’S MESS 187 CROSS WAYS 205 JOSEPH 257 A TRAVELLER’S TALE 275 THE TWO WIDOWS 297 WITH BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE 323 MOUND BY THE WAY {3} CHAPTER I