Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed. [Illustration: THE END OF THE JOURNEY.] LEGEND-LED By AMY LE FEUVRE AUTHOR OF "PROBABLE SONS," "TEDDY'S BUTTON," "ON THE EDGE OF A MOOR," "ODD," ETC. [Illustration] LONDON THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 56 PATERNOSTER ROW AND 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD BUTLER & TANNER THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS FROME, AND LONDON. Contents CHAPTER I AN OLD QUEST CHAPTER II TRYING TO FIND CHAPTER III ALMOST SUCCESSFUL CHAPTER IV A CRIPPLED KNIGHT CHAPTER V THE "OGRE'S" ARRIVAL CHAPTER VI A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT CHAPTER VII ADVISING THE ENEMY CHAPTER VIII NIGHT WANDERERS CHAPTER IX A STRANGE AWAKENING CHAPTER X CLAIMED CHAPTER XI A GLIMMER OF LIGHT CHAPTER XII THE REBELLION CHAPTER XIII THE "HOLY THING" [Illustration: THE STORY OF THE HOLY GRAIL.] LEGEND-LED CHAPTER I An Old Quest IT was a very warm afternoon in July. In a front room with a large bay window overlooking the sea and beach at F— were the three little Thurstons; and they were having their tea at a round table, presided over by their governess, Miss Gubbins. The atmosphere was close; the children's faces hot, and—if I may say it—sticky; and Miss Gubbins leant back in her chair fanning herself with a newspaper and watching her charges in lazy wonder, as they ate slice after slice of bread and butter, and emptied a large plate of prawns between them, talking ceaselessly as they did so. Donald, the eldest, was a bright, handsome little fellow, who thought and acted for himself, and was generally in trouble through his independent spirit. Claud was fair and sturdy, had quite as strong a will as Donald, but was always willing to take advice; and Gypsy, as she was called, and whose proper name was Eleanor, was a quicksilvery, gentle-looking little maiden, with a fragile appearance and a spirit as high as either of her two brothers. "A reg'lar handful!" pronounced the landlady, who had now had them as her lodgers for some years. "The plagues of the terrace!" pronounced the two quiet maiden ladies next door. "And the dearest children in the world when they're good," Miss Gubbins would say.