Produced by Al Haines [Frontispiece: "She lifted her skinny arm above her head."] ROGER TREWINION By JOSEPH HOCKING _Author of "All Men are Liars" "The Scarlet Woman"_ _"A Flame of Fire" etc. etc._ _ILLUSTRATIONS BY GUNNING KING_ LONDON WARD LOCK & CO LIMITED 1905 _BY THE SAME AUTHOR._ ALL MEN ARE LIARS FIELDS OF FAIR RENOWN ISHMAEL PENGELLY THE STORY OF ANDREW FAIRFAX JABEZ EASTERBROOK THE MONK OF MAR-SARA ZILLAH: A Romance WEAPONS OF MYSTERY MISTRESS NANCY MOLESWORTH THE BIRTHRIGHT: A ROMANCE AND SHALL TRELAWNEY DIE? THE SCARLET WOMAN THE PURPLE ROBE THE MADNESS OF DAVID DARING LEST WE FORGET O'ER MOOR AND FEN GREATER LOVE ESAU FOLLOW THE GLEAM A FLAME OF FIRE THE COMING OF THE KING CONTENTS CHAP. PROLOGUE I THE PROPHETIC WARNING II THE WITCH'S WARNING III THE MARCH OF EVENTS IV THE WRECK ON THE "DEVIL'S TOOTH" V THE SHAPING OF EVENTS VI LINK TO LINK VII THE WITCHES' CAVE VIII THE BEGINNING OF THE END IX OMENS OF DARKNESS X THE GATHERING DARKNESS XI THE CALL TO RENOUNCE XII NIGHT XIII A WANDERER XIV "A HOME ON THE ROLLING DEEP" XV THE VOICE OF THE SOUL XVI AFTER LONG YEARS XVII REVENGE! XVIII HELL! XIX TOWARDS RUTH'S GRAVE XX "VISIT HER TOMB" XXI THE VAULT UNDER THE COMMUNION XXII THE VOICE OF THE DEAD XXIII THE SHADOW OF EVIL'S REWARD XXIV CAIN XXV THE VOICE OF A FRIEND XXVI THE VOICE OF GOD XXVII WITHIN THE OLD HOME XXVIII TREWINION'S CURSE XXIX MOTHER AND SON XXX THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT XXXI TO THE RESCUE XXXII TWO HEARTS XXXIII THE DAWNING OF THE MORNING EPILOGUE ILLUSTRATIONS "She lifted her skinny arm above her head." . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ "'Hurl him over!' said the devil within me." "'What have 'ee got there?' he gasped." PREFACE