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WHITE FIRE
BY JOHN OXENHAM
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
BY G. GRENVILLE MANTON
Adversity doth make men strong,
Yet stronger still I count the man
Who can sustain prosperity unspoiled
And turn it to high uses.
The white fire of a great enthusiasm
is the mightiest force in the world.
TORONTO
THE COPP CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED
1905
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
GOD'S PRISONER
RISING FORTUNES
A PRINCESS OF VASCOVY
OUR LADY OF DELIVERANCE
JOHN OF GERISAU
UNDER THE IRON FLAIL
BONDMAN FREE
THE VERY SHORT MEMORY OF MR. JOSEPH SCORER
BARBE OF GRAND BAYOU
A WEAVER OF WEBS
HEARTS IN EXILE
THE GATE OF THE DESERT
TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF
James Chalmers
GREAT HEART OF NEW GUINEA—
"GREAT HEART THE TEACHER,
GREAT HEART THE JOYOUS,
GREAT HEART THE FEARLESS,
GREAT HEART OF SWEET WHITE FIRE,
GREAT HEART THE MARTYR....
Nor dead, nor sleeping! He lives on, his name
Shall kindle many a heart to equal flame.
A soul so fiery sweet can never die,
But lives, and loves, and works through
all eternity."
CONTENTS
MISS INQUISITIVE
THE MAN
THE MAN'S MAN
A SHAMELESS THING!
LEAP YEAR
A SUDDEN WIDE HORIZON
SOME ODD FURNISHINGS AND A HONEYMOON
GOING STRONG
ARMS AND THE MAN
A BLACK OBJECT-LESSON
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