E-text prepared by Chuck Greif and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from scanned images of public domain material generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com/) Note: Images of the original pages are available through the the Google Books Library Project. See http://books.google.com/books?vid=kNMrAAAAMAAJ&id THE PONIARD'S HILT * * * * * 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, _Faustine and Syomara_. THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth_. THE CASQUE'S LARK; or, _Victoria, the Mother of the Camps_. THE PONIARID'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 PONIARD'S HILT Or Karadeucq and Ronan A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by EUGENE SUE Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1907 Copyright, 1908, by the New York Labor News Co. INDEX. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE 3 PART I. THE KORRIGANS. CHAP. I. ARAIM 9 II. FAIRIES AND HOBGOBLINS 15 III. HEVIN, THE PEDDLER 25 IV. OFF TO THE BAGAUDY! 37 PART II. THE VAGRES. CHAP. I. "WOLVES'-HEADS" 45 II. BISHOP AND COUNT 49 III. AT THE CHAPEL OF ST. LOUP 61 IV. THE DEMONS! THE DEMONS! 66 V. VAGRES IN JUDGMENT 71 VI. TO THE FASTNESS OF ALLANGE 85 VII. THE VAGRES AT FEAST 101 VIII. THE MIRACLE OF ST. MARTIN 107 IX. LOYSIK AND RONAN 114 X. THE MIRACLE OF ST. CAUTIN 129 PART III. THE BURG OF NEROWEG. CHAP. I. LEUDES AT HOME 139 II. THE MAHL 151