THE MILITANTS
"The sword of the Lord and of Gideon."
BOOKS BY MARY R.S. ANDREWS
PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
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"I took her in my arms and held her."
THE MILITANTS
STORIES OF SOME PARSONS, SOLDIERS AND OTHER FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD
BY
MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1907
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF A MAN WHO WAS WITH HIS WHOLE HEART A PRIEST AND WITH HIS WHOLE STRENGTH A SOLDIER OF THE CHURCH MILITANT.
JACOB SHAW SHIPMAN
CONTENTS
- I. THE BISHOP'S SILENCE
- II. THE WITNESSES
- III. THE DIAMOND BROOCHES
- IV. CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOR
- V. A MESSENGER
- VI. THE AIDE-DE-CAMP
- VII. THROUGH THE IVORY GATE
- VIII. THE WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR
- IX. THE LITTLE REVENGE
ILLUSTRATIONS
- "I took her in my arms and held her."
- "Many waters shall not wash out love," said Eleanor.
- He stared into the smoldering fire.
- "Look!" he said, and Miles swung about toward the ridge behind.
- "I got behind a turn and fired as a man came on alone."
- "I reckon I shall have to ask you not pick any more of those roses," a voice said.
- "You see, the boat is very new and clean, Miss," he wassaying.
- I felt myself pulled by two pairs of hands.
THE BISHOP'S SILENCE
The Bishop was walking across the fields to afternoon service. It was ahot July day, and he walked slowly—for there was plenty of time—withhis eyes fixed on the far-off, shimmering sea. That minstrel of heat,the locust, hidden somewhere in the shade of burning herbage, pulled along, clear, vibrating bow across his violin, and the sound fell lazilyon the sti