THE BOY AND THE BARON [Illustration: “THE TWO KNIGHTS WHEELED THEIR HORSES AND DASHED AT EACH OTHER AGAIN AND AGAIN.”] [Illustration] S^T. NICHOLAS BOOKS THE BOY AND THE BARON _BY_ ADELINE KNAPP NEW YORK · THE CENTURY CO · MCMII Copyright, 1901, 1902, by THE CENTURY CO. _Published October, 1902_ THE DEVINNE PRESS TO MERODINE KEELER CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I WHAT THE CHILDREN SAW FROM THE PLAYGROUND ON THE PLATEAU 3 II HOW KARL THE ARMORER TOOK THE SHINING KNIGHT’S TREASURE FROM AMONG THE OSIERS 19 III HOW WULF FARED AT KARL THE ARMORER’S HUT 26 IV OF HOW WULF FIRST WENT TO THE CASTLE, AND WHAT BEFELL 39 V HOW WULF WENT TO THE SWARTZBURG, AND OF HIS BEGINNING THERE 60 VI HOW CONRADT PLOTTED MISCHIEF, AND HOW WULF WON A FRIEND 73 VII HOW WULF CLIMBED THE IVY TOWER, AND WHAT HE SAW AT THE BARRED WINDOW 86 VIII HOW BARON EVERHARDT WAS OUTLAWED, AND HOW WULF HEARD OF THE BABY IN THE OSIERS 101 IX OF THE ILL NEWS THAT THE BARON BROKE TO HIS MAIDEN WARD, AND OF HOW SHE TOOK THAT SAME 115 X HOW WULF TOOK ELISE FROM THE SWARTZBURG 132 XI WHAT THE FUGITIVES FURTHER SAW IN THE FOREST, AND HOW THEY CAME TO ST. URSULA AND MET THE EMPEROR 145 XII HOW WULF TOOK THE EMPEROR’S MESSAGE TO KARL OF THE FORGE 161 XIII HOW WORD OF HIS DANGER CAME TO WULF AT THE FORGE 173 XIV OF THE GREAT BATTLE THAT WAS FOUGHT, AND OF HOW WULF SAVED THE DAY 187 XV HOW THE SHINING KNIGHT’S TREASURE WAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT 198 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The two knights wheeled their horses and dashed at each other again and again _Frontispiece_ The shining stranger held in front of him a good-sized burden 9 Putting horn to lip, he blew four great blasts 15 The forest’s small wild life constantly came in at the open door 33