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The Dew of Their Youth

S. R. Crockett

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 271 pages

A novel by S. R. Crockett, published in 1910, set in a Scottish community. It opens with a haunted house, legal intrigue, and characters such as Miss Irma and Agnes Anne, blending mystery and village drama. Worth listening for its atmospheric period storytelling and vivid characters.

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Opening of the book

THE
DEW OF THEIR YOUTH
BY
S. R. CROCKETT
AUTHOR OF
‘THE LILAC SUNBONNET,’ ‘THE BLACK DOUGLAS,’ ‘STRONG MAC,’
‘ROSE OF THE WILDERNESS,’ ETC.
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON       MCMX
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
CONTENTS

PART I
CHAPTER I
The Haunted House of Marnhoul
CHAPTER II
“In the Name of the Law!”
CHAPTER III
Miss Irma Gives an Audience
CHAPTER IV
First Foot in the Haunted House
CHAPTER V
The Censor of Morals
CHAPTER VI
The Apotheosis of Agnes Anne
CHAPTER VII
The Doctor’s Advent
CHAPTER VIII
Kate of the Shore

CHAPTER IX
The Eve of St. John
CHAPTER X
The Crowbar in the Wood
CHAPTER XI
Agnes Anne’s Experiences As a Spy
CHAPTER XII
The Fight in the Dark
CHAPTER XIII
A World of Ink and Fire
CHAPTER XIV
The White Free Traders
PART II
CHAPTER XV
My Grandmother Speaks Her Mind
CHAPTER XVI
Castle Connoway

CHAPTER XVII
The Man “Doon-the-Hoose”
CHAPTER XVIII
The Transfiguration of Aunt Jen
CHAPTER XIX
Loaded-Pistol Pollixfen
CHAPTER XX
The Real Mr. Poole
CHAPTER XXI
While We Sat By the Fire
PART III
CHAPTER XXII
Boyd Connoway’s Evidence
CHAPTER XXIII
The Sharp Spur
CHAPTER XXIV
The College of King James

CHAPTER XXV
Satan Finds
CHAPTER XXVI
Perfidy, Thy Name is Woman!
CHAPTER XXVII
“Then, Heigh-Ho, the Molly!”
CHAPTER XXVIII
Love and the Logician
CHAPTER XXIX
The Avalanche
CHAPTER XXX
The Vanishing Lady
CHAPTER XXXI
Twice Married
CHAPTER XXXII
The Little House on the Meadows
CHAPTER XXXIII

And the Door Was Shut
CHAPTER XXXIV
A Visit From Boyd Connoway
CHAPTER XXXV
The Valley of the Shadow
CHAPTER XXXVI
The Supplanter
CHAPTER XXXVII
The Return of the Serpent to Eden
Valley
CHAPTER XXXVIII
By Water and the Word
CHAPTER XXXIX
The Wicked Flag
CHAPTER XL
The Great “Tabernacle” Revival
CHAPTER XLI
In the Wood Parlour

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Contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. PART I
  3. CHAPTER I
  4. CHAPTER II
  5. CHAPTER III
  6. CHAPTER IV
  7. CHAPTER V
  8. CHAPTER VI
  9. CHAPTER VII
  10. CHAPTER VIII
  11. CHAPTER IX
  12. CHAPTER X
  13. CHAPTER XI
  14. CHAPTER XII
  15. CHAPTER XIII
  16. CHAPTER XIV
  17. PART II
  18. CHAPTER XV
  19. CHAPTER XVI
  20. CHAPTER XVII
  21. CHAPTER XVIII
  22. CHAPTER XIX
  23. CHAPTER XX
  24. CHAPTER XXI
  25. PART III
  26. CHAPTER XXII
  27. CHAPTER XXIII
  28. CHAPTER XXIV
  29. CHAPTER XXV
  30. CHAPTER XXVI

and 17 more chapters

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