# The Shadow of the Past

Author: Young, F. E. Mills (Florence Ethel Mills), 1875-

Genre: Category: Romance

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37262

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Shadow+of+the+Past+Young&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

On the strip of yellow sand in the curve of the wall which separates the beach at Three Anchor Bay from the roadway above it two men sat playing cards in the blaze of the morning sunshine, which beat with untempered violence upon their uncovered heads, upon the hot sand that sloped gently to the rocky shore, and upon the long blue waves rolling slowly in from the Atlantic with the semblance of a succession of hooded serpents, rearing themselves with languid grace and folding over reluctantly, throwing off a stream of spray from their crests like the tail of some gigantic comet. Far out the sea was aglitter, save where it touched the horizon and lay mirror clear in the sensuous warmth, ref...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER TWELVE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTY THREE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTY TWO.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIVE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIFTEEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOURTEEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SIXTEEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ELEVEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWENTY.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THREE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SEVEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER NINETEEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTY.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWO.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTY SIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTY ONE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THIRTEEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER EIGHT.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWENTY NINE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOUR.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER NINE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ONE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/1/index.md)
- [letter I foolishly read to you. I made a mistake--but I thought I could](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-shadow-of-the-past-37262/chapters/31/index.md)