E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Suzanne Shell,
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Transcriber's Notes:
Some minor changes have been made to correcttypographical errors and inconsistencies.
The original book has no table of contents. In this version I have added one to allow thereader to jump to a particular chapter.
See p. 399"HE STOOD STILL, GAZING AT THEM AS THEY PRAYED"
THE CALL
OF THE
BLOOD
ROBERT HICHENS
AUTHOR OF
"THE GARDEN OF ALLAH" ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
ORSON LOWELL
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMVI
Title page.