Produced by Jeannie Howse, David Yingling, David Garcia, Bethanne M. Simms and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * [Illustration: See p. 243 "SHE CAME SLOWLY, WITH ONE SLIM HAND ON THE RAILING"] THE TYRANNY OF THE DARK BY HAMLIN GARLAND AUTHOR OF "THE CAPTAIN OF THE GRAY-HORSE TROOP" "HESPER" "THE LIGHT OF THE STAR" ETC. ETC. [Illustration] LONDON AND NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS :: MCMV Copyright, 1905, by HAMLIN GARLAND. _All rights reserved._ Published May, 1905. CONTENTS BOOK I CHAPTER PAGE I. THE SETTING 1 II. THE MAID ON THE MOUNTAIN-SIDE 4 III. THE MAN 11 IV. A SECOND MEETING 15 V. PUPIL AND MASTER 23 VI. IN THE MARSHALL BASIN 42 VII. THE FORCES OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS 59 VIII. DR. BRITT EXPLAINS 68 IX. ANTHONY CLARKE, EVANGEL 83 X. CLARKE'S WOOING 94 BOOK II I. THE MODERNISTS 103 II. NEWS OF VIOLA 112 III. BRITT COMES TO DINE 132 IV. THE PATRON OF PSYCHICS 146 V. KATE VISITS VIOLA 164 VI. SERVISS LISTENS SHREWDLY 188 VII. THE SLEEPING SIBYL 201 VIII. KATE'S INTERROGATION 213 IX. VIOLA'S PLEA FOR HELP 224 X. MORTON SENDS A TELEGRAM 245 XI. DR. BRITT PAYS HIS DINNER-CALL 251 XII. VIOLA IN DINNER-DRESS 262 XIII. THE TEST SÉANCE 283 XIV. PUZZLED PHILOSOPHERS 307