Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover art] [Illustration: "His arm was round her, her cheek was pressed to his, her bosom heaved against him."] *THAT WHICH HATH WINGS* A NOVEL OF THE DAY BY RICHARD DEHAN AUTHOR OF "THE DOP DOCTOR," "BETWEEN TWO THIEVES," ETC. "_For a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter._"—ECCLESIAS. x., 20. S. B. GUNDY TORONTO COPYRIGHT, 1918 BY G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS The Knickerbocker Press, New York THESE LEAVES IN DEAR REMEMBRANCE FOR YOUR GRAVE ACROSS THE SEA. SIDMOUTH, DEVON, _January_, 1918. *CONTENTS* CHAPTER I.—PRESENTS TWO YOUNG PEOPLE II.—DAME NATURE INTERVENES III.—FAIR ROSAMOND’S CHOICE IV.—RAYMOND OF THE S. AË. F. V.—THE BIRD OF WAR VI.—SHERBRAND VII.—THE CONSOLATRIX VIII.—MONSEIGNEUR IX.—SIR THOMAS ENTERTAINS X.—A SUPERMAN XI.—PATRINE SAXHAM XII.—THE GATHERING OF THE STORM XIII.—THE SUPERMAN XIV.—A PARIS DANCE-GARDEN XV.—THE BITE IN THE KISS XVI.—THE WIND OF JOY XVII.—INTRODUCES AN OLD FRIEND XVIII.—SAXHAM PAYS XIX.—BAWNE XX.—THE MODERN HIPPOCRATES XXI.—MARGOT LOOKS IN XXII.—MARGOT IS SQUARE XXIII.—A MODERN CLUB XXIV.—DISILLUSION XXV.—THREE MEN IN A CAR XXVI.—A PAIR OF PALS XXVII.—SIR ROLAND TELLS A STORY XXVIII.—THE GOD FROM THE MACHINE XXIX.—A SECRET MISSION XXX.—THE REAPING XXXI.—VON HERRNUNG BAITS THE HOOK XXXII.—ADVENTURE IN THE AIR XXXIII.—BAWNE LEARNS THE TRUTH XXXIV.—THE BROWN SATCHEL XXXV.—NUMBER EIGHTEEN XXXVI.—HUE AND CRY XXXVII.—PATRINE CONFESSES XXXVIII.—THE REBOUND XXXIX.—A NIGHT IN JULY XL.—MACROMBIE IS SACKED XLI.—SAXHAM LIES XLII.—SAXHAM BREAKS THE NEWS XLIII.—THE PLUNDERED NEST XLIV.—PATRINE REMEMBERS XLV.—FLOTSAM FROM THE NORTH SEA XLVI.—AT NORDEICH WIRELESS XLVII.—THE MAN OF "THE DAY" XLVIII.—PATRINE IS ENGAGED XLIX.—THE WAR CLOUD BREAKS L.—THE EVE OF ARMAGEDDON LI.—THE INWARD VOICE LII.—KHAKI LIII.—FRANKY GOES TO THE FRONT LIV.—OFFICIAL RETICENCE LV.—NEWS OF BAWNE LVI.—LA BRABANÇONNE LVII.—THE BELGIAN WIFE LVIII.—SHERBRAND BUYS THE LICENCE LIX.—THE WOE-WAVE BREAKS LX.—KULTUR! LXI.—LYNETTE DREAMS LXII.—WOUNDED FROM THE FRONT LXIII.—BAWNE FINDS A FRIEND LXIV.—AT SEASHEERE LXV.—GOOD-BYE, DEAR LOVE, GOOD-BYE! LXVI.—MORE KULTUR LXVII.—THE QUESTION LXVIII.—THE DEVIL-EGG LXIX.—A MENACE; AND GOOD NEWS LXX.—A LOVER’S JOURNEY LXXI.—LIVING AND DEAD LXXII.—LOVE THAT HAS WINGS *That Which Hath Wings* *CHAPTER I*