_The Golden Journey of Mr. Paradyne_ _BY WILLIAM J. LOCKE_ IDOLS JAFFERY SEPTIMUS DERELICTS THE USURPER STELLA MARIS WHERE LOVE IS THE WHITE DOVE THE RED PLANET FAR AWAY STORIES SIMON THE JESTER A STUDY IN SHADOWS THE FORTUNATE YOUTH THE ROUGH ROAD THE WONDERFUL YEAR THE BELOVED VAGABOND AT THE GATE OF SAMARIA THE MORALS OF MARCUS ORDEYNE THE DEMAGOGUE AND LADY PHAYRE THE GLORY OF CLEMENTINA WING THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOL THE HOUSE OF BALTAZAR THE MOUNTEBANK THE TALE OF TRIONA MOORDIUS AND CO. A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY THE COMING OF AMOS _THE BODLEY HEAD_ [Illustration] _The Golden Journey of Mr. Paradyne_ BY WILLIAM J. LOCKE _Illustrated in Colour and Black and White by_ MARCIA LANE FOSTER [Illustration] LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LTD. TORONTO: LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. _First published in 1924_ _Made and Printed in Great Britain at The Curwen Press Plaistow E.13_ _The colour plates by Geo. Gibbons & Co., Leicester._ _List of Illustrations_ FACING PAGE Frontispiece The young man ceased suddenly 16 He marched on along the white, respectable road 22 ‘Why Chartres, Monsieur, ten kilometres’ 24 He lit another pipe 30 The horse, without his conscious guidance, took the bewildered man to Chartres 32 ‘_Tiens_, she had a husband!’ 36 The Plain, whose horizon is as vast as that of mid-ocean 50 _The Golden Journey of Mr. Paradyne_ Mr. Cosmo Paradyne, K.C., awoke. He awoke to an intense consciousness of being wide awake. It was dark. He damned his ill-luck, for he knew that insomnia had marked him for its own for the rest of the night. ‘Phillibert _v._ Phillibert, Cohen & Smith,’ would dance through his head till morning. He threw himself into an impatient turn and all but fell out of bed. Indeed, one foot touched the floor. He swung towards the other side and immediately came into contact with a wooden wall.