BY ETHEL M. DELL
The Way of an Eagle
The Knave of Diamonds
The Rocks of Valpré
The Swindler, and Other Stories
The Keeper of the Door
Bars of Iron
The Hundredth Chance
The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
Greatheart
The Lamp in the Desert
The Tidal Wave
The Top of the World
The Obstacle Race
The Odds and Other Stories
Charles Rex
Tetherstones
By
Ethel M. Dell
Author of “The Way of an Eagle,” “Charles Rex,” etc.
The Ryerson Press
| Toronto | 1923 | Canada |
Copyright, 1923
by
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Made in the United States of America
I Dedicate This Book
TO VIOLET
The Dear Friend Who Always Stands By
As A Token of
My Ever-Loving Gratitude
For All She Has Done For Me
The lonely circle on the hill
Where mist-wreaths float and rise
Hither and thither, lingering still,
Like smoke of sacrifice—
Forgotten fires, forgotten rites,
Forgotten agonies.
The heaven-blue flowers bloom below
About the grim stone’s foot,
The sweet hare-bells that always gr