Produced by Audrey Longhurst and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net MAJOR VIGOUREUX NOVELS AND STORIES BY "Q" Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Major Vigoureux $1.50 Poison Island $1.50 Sir John Constantine $1.50 The Mayor of Troy $1.50 Shining Ferry $1.50 The Adventures of Harry Revel $1.50 The White Wolf and Other Tales $1.50 The Laird's Luck and Other Tales $1.50 Fort Amity $1.50 Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales $1.50 Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts $1.50 The Ship of Stars $1.50 Historical Tales from Shakespeare $1.50 MAJOR VIGOUREUX BY A. T. QUILLER-COUCH ("Q") CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK 1907 Copyright, 1907, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Published September, 1907 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. IN THE GARRISON GARDEN 1 II. SERGEANT ARCHELAUS IS RE-FITTED 12 III. THE COMMANDANT FINESSES A KNAVE 28 IV. THE GUN IN THE GREAT FOG 44 V. THE S.S. MILO 56 VI. HOW VASHTI CAME TO THE ISLANDS 71 VII. TRIBULATIONS OF MRS. POPE AND MISS GABRIEL 84 VIII. A BRIEF REVENGE 97 IX. THE SALVING OF S.S. MILO 106 X. THE ADVENTURES OF FOUR SHILLINGS 125 XI. PLAN OF CAMPAIGN 142 XII. SAARON ISLAND 158 XIII. THE LADY FROM THE SEA 174 XIV. AFTER SERVICE 190 XV. BREFAR CHURCH 205 XVI. THE LORD PROPRIETOR'S AUDIENCE 221 XVII. THE LORD PROPRIETOR RECEIVES A DOUBLE SHOCK 232 XVIII. VASHTI PLEADS FOR SAARON 243 XIX. THE COMMANDANT'S CONSCIENCE 262 XX. THE GUITAR AND THE CASEMENT 277 XXI. SUSPICIONS 293 XXII. PIPER'S HOLE 306 XXIII. THE LORD PROPRIETOR HEARS A SIREN SONG 320 XXIV. LINNET SEES A MERMAID 337 XXV. MISSING! 344 XXVI. THE SEARCH 356 XXVII. ENTER THE COMMISSIONER 373