Chapter 1

A KNIGHT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

THIS BOOK IS REVERENTLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY HONORED FATHER

PREFACE

He best deserves a knightly crest, Who slays the evils that infest His soul within. If victor here, He soon will find a wider sphere. The world is cold to him who pleads; The world bows low to knightly deeds.

CORNWALL ON THE HUDSON, N.Y.

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