The Giant Sorcerer or _The Extraordinary Adventures of Raphael and Cassandra_ [Illustration: THE NAVY OF THE ATLANTIC PASSED SLOWLY BEFORE THE PRESIDENT (_page 40_)] _The_ GIANT SORCERER OR THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF RAPHAEL AND CASSANDRA: _by_ WILLIAM WHITMAN 3^{RD} PICTURES by FRANK BOYD HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK [Illustration] COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY WILLIAM WHITMAN, 3RD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. TO WILLIAM WHITMAN WILLIAM WHITMAN, JR. AND WILLIAM WHITMAN, 4^{TH} CONTENTS I. THE GIANT SORCERER 1 II. GÆA, THE EARTH MOTHER 7 III. THE CASTLE OF THE SORCERER 14 IV. DOWN TO THE SEA 20 V. HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT 28 VI. OFF TO WAR 36 VII. EAGLES! EAGLES! 44 VIII. ON TO MECHANA 52 IX. THE COUNCIL OF THE ANIMALS 62 X. THE CAPTURE OF RAPHAEL 74 XI. THE GARDEN OF THE SORCERER 85 XII. MECHANA 95 XIII. TO SAVE THE WORLD 107 XIV. THE BATTLE OF THE CITY 115 XV. VICTORY AND DEFEAT 123 ILLUSTRATIONS THE NAVY OF THE ATLANTIC PASSED SLOWLY BEFORE THE PRESIDENT _Frontispiece_ ‘I AM MECHANUS, THE GIANT SORCERER’ 4 ‘IS THIS THE SORCERER’S CASTLE?’ RAPHAEL SHOUTED 14 ‘MISS COD, INDEED!’ MOUTHED THE CODFISH 22 ‘I SHOULDN’T GO IN THERE IF I WERE YOU,’ WARNED THE SEA HORSE 46 ‘DOES THAT ROAD LEAD TO MECHANA?’ 56 RAPHAEL SEATED HIMSELF ON A DRY LOG 58 ‘A MOUSE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND OUT MORE THAN ANY OF THE REST OF US’ 68 THE MECHANICO DISAPPEARED AND SUMMONED A LARGE GANG OF OTHER MECHANICOS 88 CASSANDRA SKIPPED GAYLY ALONG BESIDE RAPHAEL WHO TRIED TO KEEP STEP WITH MECHANUS 96 THE THING CAME SUDDENLY TO LIFE MARCHING OFF IN COMPANY WITH FIFTY OTHERS 102 THE WAR WAS OVER 120 [Illustration] The Giant Sorcerer ∵ CHAPTER I THE GIANT SORCERER Raphael and Cassandra lived with their Aunt Mary in a white house which was tucked away from the road in a group of five elm trees. Behind the house was a white barn with a green door, and beside the barn to the west lay the orchard enclosed by a gray stone wall.