JASON

A ROMANCE

BY

JUSTUS MILES FORMAN

AUTHOR OF

"A STUMBLING BLOCK" "BUCHANAN'S WIFE"

"THE ISLAND OF ENCHANTMENT"

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

W. HATHERELL, R.I.

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

MCMIX

Copyright, 1908.

MLLE. COIRA O'HARA SAT ALONE UPON THE STONE BENCH

CONTENTS

I. STE. MARIE HEARS OF A MYSTERY AND MEETS A DARK LADY

II. THE LADDER TO THE STARS

III. STE. MARIE MAKES A VOW, BUT A PAIR OF EYES HAUNT HIM

IV. OLD DAVID STEWART

V. JASON SETS FORTH UPON THE GREAT ADVENTURE

VI. A BRAVE GENTLEMAN RECEIVES A HURT, BUT VOLUNTEERS IN A GOOD CAUSE

VII. CAPTAIN STEWART MAKES A KINDLY OFFER

VIII. JASON MEETS WITH A MISADVENTURE AND DREAMS A DREAM

IX. JASON GOES UPON A JOURNEY, AND RICHARD HARTLEY PLEADS FOR HIM

X. CAPTAIN STEWART ENTERTAINS

XI. A GOLDEN LADY ENTERS--THE EYES AGAIN

XII. THE NAME OF THE LADY WITH THE EYES--EVIDENCE HEAPS UP SWIFTLY

XIII. THE VOYAGE TO COLCHIS

XIV. THE WALLS OF AEA

XV. A CONVERSATION AT LA LIERRE

XVI. THE BLACK CAT

XVII. THOSE WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND

XVIII. A CONVERSATION OVERHEARD

XIX. THE INVALID TAKES THE AIR

XX. THE STONE BENCH AT THE ROND POINT

XXI. A MIST DIMS THE SHINING STAR

XXII. A SETTLEMENT REFUSED

XXIII. THE LAST ARROW

XXIV. THE JOINT IN THE ARMOR

XXV. MEDEA GOES OVER TO THE ENEMY

XXVI. BUT THE FLEECE ELECTS TO REMAIN

XXVII. THE NIGHT'S WORK

XXVIII. MEDEA'S LITTLE HOUR

XXIX. THE SCALES OF INJUSTICE

XXX. JASON SAILS BACK TO COLCHIS--JOURNEY'S END

ILLUSTRATIONS

MLLE. COIRA O'HARA SAT ALONE UPON THE STONE BENCH

"THE FAMILY IS IN GREAT DISTRESS OF MIND OVER THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY YOUNG NEPHEW"

HE SAW CAPTAIN STEWART MOVING AMONG THEM

CAPTAIN STEWART LAY HUDDLED AND WRITHING UPON THE FLOOR

THERE APPEARED TWO YOUNG PEOPLE