Produced by Chuck Greif, Michigan University Libraries and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE IRON ARROW HEAD THE FULL SERIES OF The Mysteries of the People "OR" History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages By EUGENE SUE _Consisting of the Following Works:_ THE GOLD SICKLE; or, _Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen._ THE BRASS BELL; or, _The Chariot of Death._ THE IRON COLLAR; or, _Faustina and Syomara._ THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth._ THE CASQUE'S LARK; or, Victoria, the Mother of the Camps. THE PONIARD'S HILT; or, _Karadeucq and Ronan._ THE BRANDING NEEDLE; or, _The Monastery of Charolles._ THE ABBATIAL CROSIER; or, _Bonaik and Septimine._ THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS; or, _The Daughters of Charlemagne._ THE IRON ARROW-HEAD; or, _The Buckler Maiden._ THE INFANT'S SKULL; or, _The End of the World._ THE PILGRIM'S SHELL; or, _Fergan the Quarryman._ THE IRON PINCERS; or, _Mylio and Karvel._ THE IRON TREVET; or, _Jocelyn the Champion._ THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE; or, _Joan of Arc._ THE POCKET BIBLE; or, _Christian the Printer._ THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER; or, _The Peasant Code._ THE SWORD OF HONOR; or, _The Foundation of the French Republic._ THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING; or, _The Family Lebrenn._ Published Uniform With This Volume By THE NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO. 28 CITY HALL PLACE NEW YORK CITY THE IRON ARROW HEAD :: :: OR :: :: THE BUCKLER MAIDEN A Tale of the Northman Invasion By EUGENE SUE TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH By DANIEL DE LEON NEW YORK LABOR NEWS COMPANY. 1909 Copyright, 1908, by the NEW YORK LABOR NEWS CO. INDEX TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE v CHAPTER. I. ROTHBERT, COUNT OF PARIS 1 II. FATHER FULTRADE 11 III. GAELO AND SHIGNE 23 IV. A BERSERKER 33 V. THE ABBEY OF ST. DENIS 43 VI. SISTER AGNES 58 VII. KOEMPE! 68 VIII. THE RESCUE 74 IX. THE NORTHMAN SEA-KING 78 X. ROLF'S COURTSHIP 83 XI. BRENN--KARNAK 88 XII. ARCHBISHOP FRANCON 101 XIII. THE WEDDING OF ROLF 112 XIV. ON THE SWAN'S ROUTE 128 EPILOGUE 129 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE