Routledge Rides Alone TENTH EDITION [Illustration: ROUTLEDGE STARTED AT HER VOICE AND THE TOUCH OF HER HAND _Page 196_] ROUTLEDGE RIDES ALONE BY WILL LEVINGTON COMFORT [Illustration] WITH FRONTISPIECE IN COLORS BY MARTIN JUSTICE A. L. BURT COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1910 BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY Published March, 1910 TO THE LADY OF COURAGE WHOM I MARRIED Contents PROLOGUE IN CHEER STREET, LONDON 9 FIRST CHAPTER MOTHER INDIA IS SAID TO BE QUIVERING WITH HATRED FOR HER WHITE CHILD, THE BRITISH FOUNDLING 30 SECOND CHAPTER THE BAFFLING INDIAN MYSTERY IS DISCUSSED BY FOUR MEN WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST TO SOLVE IT 42 THIRD CHAPTER ROUTLEDGE RELATES HOW A MASTER CAME DOWN FROM THE GOODLY MOUNTAINS TO FIND HIS CHELA IN THE BURNING PLAINS 51 FOURTH CHAPTER ROUTLEDGE CONTEMPLATES THE PAST IN THE MIDST OF A SHADOW FORECAST BY LARGE EVENTS 65 FIFTH CHAPTER ROUTLEDGE STEPS OUT SPIRITEDLY IN THE FOG TO FIND HIS FRIENDS, AND ENCOUNTERS THE HATE OF LONDON 74 SIXTH CHAPTER A GRIM AND TERRIBLE TRADITION IS TOUCHED UPON FOR THE RELATION IT BEARS TO THE TREACHERY IN INDIA 85 SEVENTH CHAPTER ROUTLEDGE BEGS FOR A STIMULANT--THE STUFF THAT SINGS IN THE VEINS OF KINGS 104 EIGHTH CHAPTER THE SUPERLATIVE WOMAN EMPTIES HER HEART OF ITS TREASURES FOR THE OUTCAST, AND THEY PART AT CHARING CROSS 110 NINTH CHAPTER MR. JASPER IS INFORMED THAT MOTHER INDIA CAUSED NAPOLEON’S DEFEAT, AND THAT FAMINES ARE NOT WITHOUT VIRTUE 124 TENTH CHAPTER A SINGULAR POWER IS MANIFEST IN THE LITTLE HUT AT RYDAMPHUR, AND ROUTLEDGE PERCEIVES HIS WORK IN ANOTHER WAR 139 ELEVENTH CHAPTER A HAND TOUCHES THE SLEEVE OF THE GREAT FRIEZE COAT IN THE WINTRY TWILIGHT ON THE BUND AT SHANGHAI 148 TWELFTH CHAPTER JOHNNY BRODIE OF BOOKSTALLS IS INVITED TO CHEER STREET, AND BOLTS, PERCEIVING A CONSPIRACY FORMED AGAINST HIM 164 THIRTEENTH CHAPTER JERRY CARDINEGH OFFERS A TOAST TO THE OUTCAST AND IS COMPELLED TO DRINK ALONE 175 FOURTEENTH CHAPTER ROUTLEDGE IS ASSURED OF A WOMAN’S LOVE--THOUGH HE SHOULD LEAD THE ARMIES OF THE WORLD TO BURN LONDON 187 FIFTEENTH CHAPTER