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  A Soldier of the Legion

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  A Soldier of the Legion

  BYC.N. & A.M. Williamson

  GARDEN CITY NEW YORKDOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.1914

  _Copyright, 1914, by_

  C.N. & A.M. WILLIAMSON

  _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreignlanguages, including the Scandinavian_

  TOTHE LEGION

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. The Telegram 3

  II. The Blow 15

  III. The Last Act of "Girls' Love" 34

  IV. The Upper Berth 45

  V. The Night of Storms 58

  VI. The News 71

  VII. Sir Knight 80

  VIII. On the Station Platform 95

  IX. The Colonel of the Legion 106

  X. The Voice of the Legion 117

  XI. Four Eyes 132

  XII. No. 1033 143

  XIII. The Agha's Rose 148

  XIV. Two on the Roof 163

  XV. The Secret Link 173

  XVI. The Beetle 189

  XVII. The Mission 203

  XVIII. Gone 223

  XIX. What Happened at Dawn 228

  XX. The Beauty Doctor 242

  XXI. The Eleventh Hour 254

  XXII. The Heart of Max 263

  XXIII. "Where the Strange Roads Go Down" 278

  XXIV. The Mad Music 285

  XXV. Corporal St. George, Deserter 294

  XXVI. Sanda's Wedding Night 302

  XXVII. The Only Friend 317

  XXVIII. Sanda Speaks 332

  XXIX. Out of the Dream, a Plan 346

  XXX. The Play of Cross Purposes 351

  XXXI. The Gift 368

  A Soldier of the Legion