Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) THE ABBATIAL CROSIER THE FULL SERIES OF The Mysteries of the People OR History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages By EUGENE SUE _Consisting of the Following Works_: THE GOLD SICKLE; or, _Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen_. THE BRASS BELL; or, _The Chariot of Death_. THE IRON COLLAR; or, _Faustine and Syomara_. THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth_. THE CASQUE'S LARK; or, _Victoria, the Mother of the Camps_. THE PONIARD'S HILT; or, _Karadeucq and Ronan_. THE BRANDING NEEDLE; or, _The Monastery of Charolles_. THE ABBATIAL CROSIER; or, _Bonaik and Septimine_. THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS; or, _The Daughters of Charlemagne_. THE IRON ARROW-HEAD; or, _The Buckler Maiden_. THE INFANT'S SKULL; or, _The End of the World_. THE PILGRIM'S SHELL; or, _Fergan the Quarryman_. THE IRON PINCERS; or, _Mylio and Karvel_. THE IRON TREVET; or _Jocelyn the Champion_. THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE; or, _Joan of Arc_. THE POCKET BIBLE; or, _Christian the Printer_. THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER; or, _The Peasant Code_. THE SWORD OF HONOR; or, _The Foundation of the French Republic_. THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING; or, _The Family Lebrenn_. Published Uniform With This Volume By THE NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO. 28 CITY HALL PLACE NEW YORK CITY THE ABBATIAL CROSIER OR BONAIK AND SEPTIMINE A Tale of a Medieval Abbess By EUGENE SUE TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH BY DANIEL DE LEON NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY, 1908 Copyright 1908, by the NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO. INDEX TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE v PROLOGUE. CHAPTER. I. NARBONNE 3 II. ABD-EL-KADER AND ROSEN-AER 6 PART I--THE CONVENT OF ST. SATURNINE. I. THE LAST OF THE MEROVINGIANS 15 II. CHARLES MARTEL 23 III. FATHER CLEMENT'S REFECTORY 33 IV. MORDECAI THE SLAVE-DEALER 40 PART II--THE ABBEY OF MERIADEK. I. ELOI THE GOLDSMITH 47 II. THE INTENDANT RICARIK 57 III. THE ABBESS MEROFLEDE 62 IV. IN SIGHT OF THE ABBEY 69 V. ASYLUM 78 VI. WARRIOR AND ABBESS 83 VII. THE MOUSE-TRAP 89 VIII. THE MIRACLE OF ST. LOUP'S TEETH 94 IX. BRENN--KARNAK 102 X. MISTRESS AND MAN 117 XI. THE FLIGHT 122 XII. MOTHER AND SON 129 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE