Produced by Al Haines TWO MEN: A ROMANCE OF SUSSEX BY ALFRED OLLIVANT _Necessity the Spring of Faith and Mould of Character_ GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1919 _Copyright, 1919, by_ DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian_ _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ Bob, Son of Battle Danny The Gentleman Redcoat Captain The Taming of John Blunt The Royal Road The Brown Mare Boy Woodburn TO BEACHBOURNE AND THE FRIENDS I MADE THERE 1901-1911 CONTENTS BEAU-NEZ BOOK I FATHER AND SON CHAPTER I Mr. Trupp II Edward Caspar III Anne Caspar IV Old Man Caspar V Ernie Makes His Appearance VI The Manor-House VII Hans Caspar's Will BOOK II THE TWO BROTHERS VIII Beachbourne IX The Two Boys X Old and New XI The Study XII Alf Shows His Colours XIII Alf Makes a Remark XIV Evil XV Mr. Trupp Introduces the Lash XVI Father, Mother and Son XVII Ernie Goes for a Soldier BOOK III THE SOLDIER XVIII Ernie Goes East XIX The Regiment XX Ernie in India XXI The Return of the Soldier XXII Old Town XXIII The Changed Man XXIV Alf XXV The Churchman XXVI Mr. Pigott BOOK IV RUTH BOAM XXVII The Hohenzollern Hotel XXVIII The Third Floor XXIX The Man of Affairs XXX Reality XXXI The Ride on the Bus XXXII On The Hill XXXIII Under the Stars BOOK V CAPTAIN ROYAL XXXIV His Arrival XXXV His Origin XXXVI The Captain Begins His Siege XXXVII He Drives a Sap XXXVIII The Serpent XXXIX The Lash Again XL Clash of Males XLI The Decoy Pond XLII The Captain's Flight XLIII The Ebb-Tide XLIV Ernie Leaves the Hotel BOOK VI THE QUEST XLV Old Mus Boam XLVI Ernie Turns Philosopher XLVII Alf Tries to Help XLVIII Two Meetings XLIX Alf Marks Time BOOK VII THE OUTCAST L The Crumbles LI Evelyn Trupp LII The Return of the Outcast LIII The Find LIV The Brooks BOOK VIII TREASURE TROVE LV The Pool LVI Frogs' Hall LVII The Surprise LVIII The Dower-House LIX Alf Tries to Save a Soul LX The End of a Chapter BEAU-NEZ BOOK I FATHER AND SON TWO MEN BEAU-NEZ Old Beau-Nez shouldered out into the sea, immense, immovable, as when the North-men, tossing off him in their long-boats, had first named him a thousand years before. Like a lion asleep athwart the doors of light, his head massive upon his paws, his flanks smooth as marble, he rested. The sea broke petulantly and in vain against the boulders that strewed his feet. He lay squandered in the sunshine that filled the hollows in his back and declared the lines of his ribs gaunt beneath the pelt.