THE MAN WHO ROSE AGAIN

BY JOSEPH HOCKING

WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

CINCINNATI
JENNINGS & GRAHAM

PRINTED IN 1907

The central idea of this story is based upon an incident in real life, related to me by C. Hagberg Wright, Esq., LL.D., of the London Library, to whom I wish to express my grateful acknowledgment and sincere thanks.

J. H.

"What do our pattern young men say?" sneered Leicester.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. A CYNIC'S CHALLENGE
CHAPTER II. THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
CHAPTER III. THE MAN AND THE WOMAN MEET
CHAPTER IV. A DOUBLE PERSONALITY
CHAPTER V. THE STRENGTHENING OF THE CHAIN
CHAPTER VI. LEICESTER'S WOOING
CHAPTER VII. A WOMAN'S HEART
CHAPTER VIII. THE FOUR MEN MEET AGAIN
CHAPTER IX. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING
CHAPTER X. THE WEDDING-DAY
CHAPTER XI. LEICESTER AND WINFIELD
CHAPTER XII. THE LAST LINK BROKEN
CHAPTER XIII. DEGRADATION
CHAPTER XIV. LEICESTER'S FAREWELL TO TAVITON
CHAPTER XV. THE CYNIC AND THE COUNTRYWOMAN
CHAPTER XVI. A GRIM JOKE
CHAPTER XVII. HOW OLIVE RECEIVED THE NEWS
CHAPTER XVIII. OLIVE'S LIFE IN DEVONSHIRE
CHAPTER XIX. THE MAN WITH THE FEZ
CHAPTER XX. HERBERT BRIARFIELD AND THE STRANGER
CHAPTER XXI. A GAME OF GOLF—A GAME OF LIFE
CHAPTER XXII. SIGNOR RICORDO AND OLIVE
CHAPTER XXIII. SPRAGUE'S EXPLANATION
CHAPTER XXIV. RICORDO'S REMINISCENCES
CHAPTER XXV. THE COMING OF WINFIELD
CHAPTER XXVI. REVELATIONS
CHAPTER XXVII. RICORDO'S WOOING
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SECOND MEETING OF THE CYNIC AND THE COUNTRYWOMAN
CHAPTER XXIX. GOD AND THE MAN
CHAPTER XXX. THE MAN WHO ROSE AGAIN

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"WHAT DO OUR PATTERN YOUNG MEN SAY?" SNEERED LEICESTER.

"WITH YOU FOR MY WIFE, I CAN DO ANYTHING."

SIGNOR RICORDO.

SHE GAZED AT HIM DUMBFOUNDED.

THE MAN WHO ROSE AGAIN

CHAPTER I

A CYNIC'S CHALLENGE

Four men sat in the smoking-room of a London club. They were alone. That is scarcely to be wondered at, for it was far past midnight. Moreover, it was not a large club, and even when the place was most frequented large numbers were seldom present. Three of the men were chatting cursorily about a defeat of the Government which had taken place that night, but the fourth, by far the most striking looking man of the quartette, sat almost by