THE CHILD OF THE MOAT 1557 A.D. A STORY FOR GIRLS BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR CHILDREN OF FANCY (Poems) $2.00 JACOPO ROBUSTI, CALLED TINTORETTO (Out of print) ARCHITECTURES OF EUROPEAN RELIGIONS $2.00 THE NEED FOR ART IN LIFE .75 G. ARNOLD SHAW GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, NEW YORK THE CHILD OF THE MOAT A STORY FOR GIRLS. 1557 A.D. BY IAN B. STOUGHTON HOLBORN 1916 G. ARNOLD SHAW NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY G. ARNOLD SHAW COPYRIGHT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND COLONIES DEDICATED TO AVIS DOLPHIN PREFACE On the analogy of the famous apple,--“there ain’t going to be no” preface, “not nohow.” Children do not read prefaces, so anything of a prefatory nature that might interest them is put at the beginning of chapter one. As for the grown-ups the story is not written for grown-ups, and if they want to know why it begins with such a gruesome first chapter, let them ask the children. Children like the horrors first and the end all bright. Many grown-ups like the tragedy at the end. But perhaps the children are right and the grown-ups are standing on their heads. Besides they can skip the first chapter; it is only a prologue. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I HATE 1 II SECRETS 9 III HATE AND LOVE 29 IV THE PRISONER 55 V THE THIEF 79 VI BITTERNESS 94 VII DEATH 104 VIII REMORSE 111 IX THE JUDGMENT 115 X THE PACKMAN’S VISIT 126 XI SWORDS AND QUESTIONINGS 140 XII “MOLL O’ THE GRAVES” 156 XIII COMING EVENTS CAST SHADOWS 166 XIV GOOD-BYE 182 XV THE TERROR OF THE MIST 189 XVI A DESPERATE TASK 200 XVII CARLISLE 217 XVIII A DIPLOMATIC VICTORY 226 XIX THE LOSS 247 XX PERSECUTION 253 XXI TORTURE 259 XXII TO THE RESCUE 282 XXIII DUEL TO THE DEATH 296 XXIV A RIDE IN VAIN 317 XXV AMAZING DISCOVERIES 329 XXVI THE BATTLE OF LIDDISDALE 344 XXVII THE BIRTHDAY PARTY 354 XXVIII THE LAST ADVENTURE 378 XXIX A TALE OF A TUB 388 XXX THE GREAT IRON CHEST 401 [Illustration: A, STAIRCASE TO SOLAR AND ALINE’S ROOM; B, STAIRCASE TO SOLAR AND NORTH ROOMS; C, BUTTERY (the place where the drink was kept, Cf. French _boire_); D, PANTRY (the place where the food was kept, Cf. French _pain_); E, CHAPEL.