The Interloper
New 6s. Novels
THE ISLAND PHARISEES
By JOHN GALSWORTHY
THE MAGNETIC NORTH
By ELIZABETH ROBINS
URIAH THE HITTITE
By WOLF WYLLARDE
THE MONEY GOD
By J. P. BLAKE
LOVE THE FIDDLER
By LLOYD OSBOURNE
THE STORY OF SUSAN
By MRS. HENRY DUDENEY
THE RELENTLESS CITY
By E. F. BENSON
THE MASTERFOLK
By HALDANE MACFALL
THE JEWEL OF SEVEN STARS
By BRAM STOKER
THE EVIL EYE
By DANIEL WOODROFFE
THE WEB
By FREDERICK TREVOR HILL
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The Interloper
By
London
William Heinemann
1904
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TO
AN UNDYING MEMORY
AUTHOR’S NOTE
BEFORE proceeding with this story I must apologize for a strikinginaccuracy which it contains. I have represented the educatedcharacters as speaking, but for certain turns of phrase, the ordinaryEnglish which is now universal. But, in Scotland, in the very earlynineteenth century, gentle and simple alike kept a national distinctionof language, and remnants of it lingered in the conversation, as Iremember it, of the two venerable and unique old ladies from whom thecharacters of Miss Hersey Robertson and her sister are taken. Theycalled it