Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE POOL OF STARS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., Limited LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. TORONTO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE POOL OF STARS BY CORNELIA MEIGS Author of “The Kingdom of the Winding Road,” “Master Simon’s Garden,” “The Steadfast Princess” New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1922 All rights reserved ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1919 By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1919. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS I The Dusky Robber II The White Dogs of Arran III David IV The Door in the Wall V As the Crow Flies VI The Barbary Pirates VII The Tree of Jade VIII Hobgoblins IX The Substance of a Dream X The Toy Cupboard XI Running Water XII The Dark of the Moon Conclusion ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE POOL OF STARS CHAPTER I THE DUSKY ROBBER