Mather, that gentleman, in view
of the apparent references to himself throughout the tale, shrank from
the task, with the result that the honour and the privilege have fallen
upon me. I close by expressing a hope that Mr. Runciman's dream of the
future may, when it reaches its accomplishment, add fresh lustre to a
work which was begun by Mr. Mather in courage and in hope, and by him
carried to a unique success.
ALEXANDER GORDON.
CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
I. THE DREAMER
II. THE BREEZE
III. THE SECOND GALE
IV. A NEAR THING
V. AFTER THE STORMS
VI. THE MISSION HALL
BOOK II.
I. JANUARY IN THE NORTH SEA
II. A CRUCIAL TEST
III. THE PLOTTER
IV. THE DENOUEMENT
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
* * * * *
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.
THE DREAMER.
So many of my dreams have come true, that I sometimes incline to believe
that dreams are in reality the only truths. I fancy this dream, at any
rate, will be fulfilled.
* * * * *
A hard gale rushed over a torn sea, and the drift was swept so that the
moon was obscured with every fresh gust. High overhead a clear, steely
sky was flecked here and there with fleecy white, and, ever and again,
the moon slipped her mantle of cloud from her rounded shoulder, and
looked around her with large, calm glances. But there was an
evil-looking sky away to the eastward, and the black wreaths 'of cloud
crept steadily upward, obscuring little by little the fair, glittering
sky.
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