Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE DEW OF THEIR YOUTH By S. R. CROCKETT Author Of 'The Lilac Sunbonnet,' 'The Black Douglas,' 'Strong Mac,' 'Rose Of The Wilderness,' etc. HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON--MCMX ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, Bread Street Hill, E.C., and Bungay, Suffolk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER I PAGE The Haunted House of Marnhoul 1 CHAPTER II 'In the Name of the Law!' 10 CHAPTER III Miss Irma gives an Audience 18 CHAPTER IV First Foot in the Haunted House 22 CHAPTER V The Censor of Morals 33 CHAPTER VI The Apotheosis of Agnes Anne 42 CHAPTER VII The Doctor's Advent 51 CHAPTER VIII Kate of the Shore 62 CHAPTER IX The Eve of St. John 73 CHAPTER X The Crowbar in the Wood 82 CHAPTER XI Agnes Anne's Experiences as a Spy 87 CHAPTER XII The Fight in the Dark 96 CHAPTER XIII A World of Ink and Fire 101 CHAPTER XIV The White Free Traders 109 PART II CHAPTER XV My Grandmother speaks her Mind 118 CHAPTER XVI Castle Connoway 127 CHAPTER XVII The Man 'Doon-the-hoose' 133 CHAPTER XVIII The Transfiguration of Aunt Jen 138 CHAPTER XIX Loaded-pistol Pollixfen 146 CHAPTER XX The Real Mr. Poole 155 CHAPTER XXI While we sat by the Fire 162 PART III CHAPTER XXII Boyd Connoway's Evidence 170