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THE STRENGTH OF THE PINES
BY EDISON MARSHALL
WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
W. HERBERT DUNTON
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1921
Copyright, 1921,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published February, 1921
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.
TO
LILLE BARTOO MARSHALL
DEAR COMRADE AND GUIDE
WHO GAVE ME LIFE
He marked the little space of gray squarely between thetwo reddening eyes.
CONTENTS
BOOK ONE The Call of the Blood
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
BOOK TWO The Blood Atonement
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
BOOK THREE The Coming of the Strength
XXVI
XXVII
XXVIII
XXIX
XXX
XXXI
XXXII
XXXIII
XXXIV
By EDISON MARSHALL
THE STRENGTH OF THE PINES
BOOK ONE
THE CALL OF THE BLOOD
I
Bruce was wakened by the sharp ring of his telephone bell. He heard itsfirst note; and its jingle seemed to continue endlessly. There was noperiod of drowsiness between sleep and wakefulness; instantly he wasfully aroused, in complete control of all his faculties. And this is notespecially common to men bred in the security of civilization. Rather itis a trait of the w