Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net 'NEATH THE HOOF OF THE TARTAR [Illustration: Portrait of Jósika] 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar OR _THE SCOURGE OF GOD_ BY BARON NICOLAS JÓSIKA ABRIDGED FROM THE HUNGARIAN BY SELINA GAYE _WITH PREFACE BY R. NISBET BAIN_ SANS PEUR ET SANS REPROCHE [Illustration] SECOND EDITION _And Photogravure Portrait of the Author_ LONDON JARROLD & SONS, 10 & 11, WARWICK LANE, E.C. [_All Rights Reserved_] 1904 CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 7 I. RUMOURS 15 II. GOOD NEWS OR BAD? 35 III. MASTER STEPHEN'S PAGE 50 IV. MISTAKE THE FIRST 69 V. AS THE KING WILLS 89 VI. MISTAKE THE SECOND 104 VII. AT THE VERY DOORS 120 VIII. THE BETTER PART OF VALOUR 133 IX. "I WASH MY HANDS" 146 X. LIBOR CLIMBS THE CUCUMBER-TREE 167 XI. "NEXT TIME WE MEET" 181 XII. DEFENDING THE CASTLE 199 XIII. CAMP FIRES 216 XIV. A FATAL DAY 228 XV. DORA'S RESOLVE 240 XVI. THROUGH THE SNOW 253 XVII. A STAMPEDE 274 XVIII. AUNT ORSOLYA'S CAVERN 288 XIX. FATHER ROGER'S STORY 297 XX. LIKE THE PHOENIX 312 INTRODUCTION.