Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE PONIARD'S HILT

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THE FULL SERIES OF

The Mysteries of the People

OR

History of a Proletarian Family Across the Ages

By EUGENE SUE

_Consisting of the Following Works:_

THE GOLD SICKLE; or, _Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen_.
THE BRASS BELL; or, _The Chariot of Death_.
THE IRON COLLAR; or, _Faustine and Syomara_.
THE SILVER CROSS; or, _The Carpenter of Nazareth_.
THE CASQUE'S LARK; or, _Victoria, the Mother of the Camps_.
THE PONIARID'S HILT; or, _Karadeucq and Ronan_.
THE BRANDING NEEDLE; or, The _Monastery of Charolles_.
THE ABBATIAL CROSIER; or, _Bonaik and Septimine_.
THE CARLOVINGIAN COINS; or, _The Daughters of Charlemagne_.
THE IRON ARROW-HEAD; or, _The Buckler Maiden_.
THE INFANT'S SKULL; or, _The End of the World_.
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL; or, _Fergan the Quarryman_.
THE IRON PINCERS; or, _Mylio and Karvel_.
THE IRON TREVET; or Jocelyn the Champion.
THE EXECUTIONER'S KNIFE; or, Joan of Arc.
THE POCKET BIBLE; or, _Christian the Printer_.
THE BLACKSMITH'S HAMMER; or, _The Peasant Code_.
THE SWORD OF HONOR; or, _The Foundation of the French Republic_.
THE GALLEY SLAVE'S RING; or, _The Family Lebrenn_.

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THE PONIARD'S HILT

Or

Karadeucq and Ronan

A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres

by

EUGENE SUE

Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon

New York Labor News Company, 1907

Copyright, 1908, by the New York Labor News Co.

INDEX.

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE 3

PART I. THE KORRIGANS.

CHAP. I. ARAIM 9

II. FAIRIES AND HOBGOBLINS 15

III. HEVIN, THE PEDDLER 25

IV. OFF TO THE BAGAUDY! 37

PART II. THE VAGRES.

CHAP. I. "WOLVES'-HEADS" 45

II. BISHOP AND COUNT 49

III. AT THE CHAPEL OF ST. LOUP 61

IV. THE DEMONS! THE DEMONS! 66

V. VAGRES IN JUDGMENT 71

VI. TO THE FASTNESS OF ALLANGE 85

VII. THE VAGRES AT FEAST 101

VIII. THE MIRACLE OF ST. MARTIN 107

IX. LOYSIK AND RONAN 114

X. THE MIRACLE OF ST. CAUTIN 129

PART III. THE BURG OF NEROWEG.

CHAP. I. LEUDES AT HOME 139

II. THE MAHL 151

III. THE SPECTRE OF WISIGARDE 161

IV. THE LION OF POITIERS 170

V. IN THE TREASURE-CHAMBER 184

VI. THE BEAR OF MONT-DORE 194

VII. IN THE ERGASTULA 203

VIII. IN THE BANQUET HALL 211

IX. THE RESCUE 235

X. COUNT AND VAGRE 242

PART IV. GHILDE.

CHAP. I. AT THE HEARTH OF JOEL 251

II. ON THE HILL NEAR MARCIGNY 258

III. THE DEATH OF CHRAM 272