THE TEN-FOOT CHAIN
or Can Love Survive the Shackles?
"WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR FACE THE SUN RISES AND THE BOAT OFMY LIFE ROCKS ON THE DANCING WAVES OF PASSION."THE
TEN-FOOT CHAIN
OR
Can Love Survive
the Shackles?
A UNIQUE SYMPOSIUM
BY
ACHMED ABDULLAH
MAX BRAND
E. K. MEANS
P. P. SHEEHAN
REYNOLDS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
NEW YORK
1920
Copyright 1920
REYNOLDS PUB. CO. Inc.
Copyright 1920
THE FRANK A. MUNSEY CO.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Introduction | 11 |
| First Tale An Indian Jataka By Achmed Abdullah | 17 |
| Second Tale Out of the Dark By Max Brand | 45 |
| Third Tale Plumb Nauseated By E. K. Means | 81 |
| Fourth Tale Princess or Percheron By Perley P. Sheehan | 127 |
[11]INTRODUCTION
SOME time ago I was dining with four distinguished writers. Needless tosay where two or three authors are gathered together with a sympatheticeditor in their midst, the flood-gates of fancy are opened wide.
In an inspired moment, Dr. Means tossed this "tremendous trifle" intothe center of the table: "What mental and emotional reaction would a manand a woman undergo, linked together by a ten-foot chain, for three daysand nights?" The query precipitated an uproar.
Captain Abdullah stepped into the arena at once, and with that élan ofthe heart, which is bred only in the Orient, declared if the man and thewoman really loved one another, no chain could be riveted too close ortoo enduring to render onerous its existence. For through this world andthe next, love would hold these twain in ever deeper and tendererembrace.
[12]Then the doctor, who claims he cuts nea