Produced by Suzanne Shell, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE CASSOWARY [Illustration: "I HAVE BEEN NARROW," SAID THE MINISTER] THE CASSOWARY What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains BY STANLEY WATERLOO Author of "The Story of Ab," "The Seekers," "The Wolf's Long Howl," "The Story of a Strange Career," Etc., Etc. PUBLISHERS MONARCH BOOK COMPANY CHICAGO COPYRIGHT 1906 BY MONARCH BOOK COMPANY CHICAGO CONTENTS Chapter I. WHAT CHANCED IN THE CLEFT MOUNTAINS II. A MAN III. JOHN LIPSKY'S SIGN IV. A SPECIAL PROVIDENCE V. THE "FAR AWAY LADY" VI. THE LIFE LINE VII. A TOAD AND A SONG VIII. ALAN MACGREGOR'S BROWN LEG IX. THE HUGE HOUND'S MOOD X. THE SIREN XI. THE PORTER'S STORY XII. THE PURPLE STOCKING XIII. HESITANT XIV. A TEST OF ATTITUDE XV. A SAMOAN IDYL XVI. A WOMAN AND SHEEP XVII. THE ENCHANTED COW XVIII. LOVE AND A ZULU XIX. AT BAY SOFTLY XX. LOVE WILL FIND THE WAY XXI. A LITERARY LOVE AFFAIR XXII. ABERCROMBIE'S WOOING XXIII. EVAN CUMMINGS' COURTSHIP XXIV. THE SWISS FAMILY ROBERTSON XXV. THE LOWRY-TURCK LOVE ENTANGLEMENT XXVI. THE PALE PEACOCK AND THE PURPLE HERRING XXVII. THE RELEASE XXVIII. LOVE'S INSOLENCE XXIX. AT LAST ILLUSTRATIONS "THE STOREKEEPER!" HE EXCLAIMED "I HAVE BEEN NARROW," SAID THE MINISTER THEY PLUNGED INTO THE WHITENESS THE GREAT SNAKE BEGAN ITS WORK OF DEGLUTITION THE BIG BODY RELAXED AND STRAIGHTENED OUT THE MAYOR HAD BEEN GETTING INTERESTED THE AWARD COULD BUT GO TO UNA LOA THE CHILDREN CARRIED AWAY ARMFULS OF FLOWERS SIR GLADYS ESCORTED THE LADY FLORETTA HOME HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AS A CHILD A DOZEN OR MORE NESTS WERE FOUND "WE SHALL MEET AT BREAKFAST" THE CASSOWARY CHAPTER I WHAT CHANCED IN THE CLEFT MOUNTAINS