Produced by Irma Spehar, Markus Brenner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE SHADOW WITCH BY GERTRUDE CROWNFIELD ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANNE MERRIMAN PECK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY NEW YORK COPYRIGHT 1922, BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY _All rights reserved_ _Printed in the United States of America_ [Illustration] TO THE FRIEND WHOM I HAVE NEVER SEEN [Illustration] [Illustration] CONTENTS PAGE PROLOGUE 1 CHAPTER I. 5 II. 23 III. 37 IV. 52 V. 68 VI. 79 VII. 101 VIII. 113 IX. 122 X. 148 XI. 166 XII. 181 XIII. 201 XIV. 213 XV. 224 XVI. 243 [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Prince Ember stretched eager hands to receive it 107 She saw before her a glorious figure, Prince Ember 145 The Prince led his bride home to his Palace of Good Cheer 249 THE SHADOW WITCH [Illustration] [Illustration] PROLOGUE Come, sit with me beside the broad hearthstone and gaze into the depths of the fire when it burns low, for not among the leaping flames alone are there to be seen marvelous things.