Produced by David Clarke, Stephen Blundell 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 WONDER BY J. D. BERESFORD THESE LYNNEKERS THE EARLY HISTORY OF JACOB STAHL A CANDIDATE FOR TRUTH THE INVISIBLE EVENT THE HOUSE IN DEMETRIUS ROAD GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY NEW YORK THE WONDER BY J. D. BERESFORD AUTHOR OF "THESE LYNNEKERS," "THE STORY OF JACOB STAHL," ETC. [Device] NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Dialect and variant spellings have been retained. Greek text appears as originally printed. TO MY FRIEND AND CRITIC HUGH WALPOLE CONTENTS PART ONE MY EARLY ASSOCIATIONS WITH GINGER STOTT CHAPTER PAGE I. THE MOTIVE 11 II. NOTES FOR A BIOGRAPHY OF GINGER STOTT 22 III. THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF GINGER STOTT 58 PART TWO THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WONDER IV. THE MANNER OF HIS BIRTH 71 V. HIS DEPARTURE FROM STOKE-UNDERHILL 92 VI. HIS FATHER'S DESERTION 107 VII. HIS DEBT TO HENRY CHALLIS 118 VIII. HIS FIRST VISIT TO CHALLIS COURT 143 INTERLUDE 149 THE WONDER AMONG BOOKS IX. HIS PASSAGE THROUGH THE PRISON OF KNOWLEDGE 155 X. HIS PASTORS AND MASTERS 179 XI. HIS EXAMINATION 193 XII. HIS INTERVIEW WITH HERR GROSSMANN 217 XIII. FUGITIVE 229 PART THREE MY ASSOCIATION WITH THE WONDER XIV. HOW I WENT TO PYM TO WRITE A BOOK 235 XV. THE INCIPIENCE OF MY SUBJECTION TO THE WONDER 247 XVI. THE PROGRESS AND RELAXATION OF MY SUBJECTION 267 XVII. RELEASE 284 XVIII. IMPLICATIONS 299 XIX. EPILOGUE: THE USES OF MYSTERY 305 PART ONE MY EARLY ASSOCIATIONS WITH GINGER STOTT PART ONE MY EARLY ASSOCIATIONS WITH GINGER STOTT CHAPTER I THE MOTIVE I