Chapter I: Front Matter

By Mary Johnston

THE WANDERERS.

THE FORTUNES OF GARIN. Illustrated.

THE WITCH. With frontispiece.

HAGAR.

THE LONG ROLL. The first of two books dealing with the war between
the States. With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.

CEASE FIRING. The second of two books dealing with the war between
the States. With Illustrations in color by N. C. WYETH.

LEWIS RAND. With Illustrations in color by F. C. YOHN.

AUDREY. With Illustrations in color by F. C. YOHN.

PRISONERS OF HOPE. With Frontispiece.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. With 8 Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE, E. B.
THOMPSON, A. W. BETTS, and EMLEN MCCONNELL.

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THE GODDESS OF REASON. _A Drama._

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

THE WANDERERS

_The
Wanderers_

_by_

_Mary Johnston_

_Boston & New York_]

COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY MARY JOHNSTON

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Published September 1917_

The Riverside Press

CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS

U . S . A

CONTENTS

I. THE FOREST 1

II. THE CAVE 13

III. BIG TROUBLE 31

IV. PROPERTY 59

V. WHAT’S IN A NAME? 86

VI. THE PROPHET 114

VII. THE AMAZON 139

VIII. THE PRIESTESS OF MARDUK 157

IX. GLAUCON AND MYRINA 178

X. THE PEARL OF THE DEEP 199

XI. THE BANKS OF JUMUNA 223

XII. VALERIAN AND VALERIA 238

XIII. ALLEDA AND ALARAN 266

XIV. THE HERMITS 292

XV. THE END OF THE WORLD 313

XVI. MOONLIGHT 345

XVII. THEKLA AND EBERHARD 361

XVIII. THE RIGHT OF KINGS 389

XIX. JEAN AND ESPÉRANCE 409

THE WANDERERS