Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://www.archive.org/details/broomsquire00baririch Transcriber's note: Minor typographical errors in the original text have been corrected. Footnotes have been numbered and moved to the end of the file. THE BROOM-SQUIRE by S. BARING-GOULD Author of "Mehalah," "Court Royal," "The Gaverocks," "Noemi," "Eve," Etc., Etc. New York and London Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers Copyright 1895, By S. Baring-Gould. Copyright 1896, By Frederick A. Stokes Company. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. AT THE SIGN OF THE SHIP 1 II. WANDERING SOULS 8 III. THE PUNCH-BOWL 14 IV. WITHOUT A ROOF 22 V. MEHETABEL 28 VI. MEHETABEL IT MUST BE 35 VII. FALSE PERSPECTIVE 41 VIII. ONLY A CHARITY GIRL 48 IX. BIDEABOUT 55 X. INTO THE NET 63 XI. A SURNAME AT LAST 70 XII. UNEXPECTED 77 XIII. HOME 85 XIV. NOT PARADISE 92 XV. IVER 98 XVI. AGAIN IVER 105 XVII. DREAMS 112 XVIII. REALITIES 117 XIX. BACK AGAIN 124 XX. GONE 131 XXI. THOR'S STONE 137 XXII. IVER! COME 144 XXIII. A SHOT 149 XXIV. THE IRONSTONE HAMMER 156 XXV. AN APPARITION 162 XXVI. A SECRET 169 XXVII. POISON 176 XXVIII. A THREAT 182 XXIX. A HERALD OF STRIFE 189 XXX. A BEQUEST 195 XXXI. SURPRISES 203 XXXII. ANOTHER SURPRISE 208 XXXIII. MARKHAM 216 XXXIV. THE PICTURE 222 XXXV. THE ONLY CHANCE 228 XXXVI. THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT 235 XXXVII. A MENACED LIFE 243 XXXVIII. SHUT OUT 249 XXXIX. AT THE SILK MILL 256 XL. BY THE HAMMER POND 262 XLI. WANDERERS 268