Books by Harold MacGrath
ADVENTURES OF KATHLYN ARMS AND THE WOMAN BEST MAN CARPET FROM BAGDAD DEUCES WILD ENCHANTED HAT GOOSE GIRL HALF A ROGUE HEARTS AND MASKS LUCK OF THE IRISH: A ROMANCE LURE OF THE MASK MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY PARROT & CO. PIDGIN ISLAND PLACE OF HONEYMOONS PRINCESS ELOPES PUPPET CROWN SPLENDID HAZARD THE DRUMS OF JEOPARDY THE GIRL IN HIS HOUSE THE GREY CLOAK THE MAN ON THE BOX THE MAN WITH THREE NAMES THE PAGAN MADONNA THE PRIVATE WIRE TO WASHINGTON THE YELLOW TYPHOON VOICE OF THE FOG |
“‘Thank you for coming up,’ said Cunningham. ‘It makes me feel that you trust me.’”
THE
PAGAN MADONNA
BY
HAROLD MacGRATH
FRONTISPIECE
BY
W. H. D. KOERNER
GARDEN CITY, N. Y., AND TORONTO
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1921
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Pagan Madonna
CHAPTER I
Humdrum isn’t where you live; it’s whatyou are. Perhaps you are one of thosewhose lives are bound by neighbourlyinterests. Imaginatively, you never seek what liesunder a gorgeous sunset; you are never stirred byany longing to investigate the ends of rainbows.You are more concerned by what your neighbourdoes eve