THE WHITE DOVE
By William J. Locke
New York: John Lane Company
1899
“O White Dove of the Pity Divine” —J. H. Skunk
CONTENTS
CHAPTER II—THE SHADOW IN A LIFE
CHAPTER III—SYLVESTER CONSULTS THE STARS
CHAPTER VI—THE WALDEN ART COLONY
CHAPTER VII—THE DANGEROUS HOUR
CHAPTER X—SYLVESTER DOES BATTLE
CHAPTER XIII—THE USES OF ADVERSITY
CHAPTER XV—A STRIP OF PINK PAPER
CHAPTER XVIII—FELLOW-TRAVELLERS
CHAPTER XX—“OH, WHITE DOVE OF THE PITY DIVINE”
THE WHITE DOVE
CHAPTER I—FATHER AND SON
“L IFE is a glorious thing,” said the girl.
Sylvester Lanyon looked at her half in amusement, half in wistfulness. There was no doubt whatever of her sincerity. Therein lay the pathetic. To reply that the shadow of death and suffering clouded life's glory was too obvious a rejoinder. So he smiled and said,—
“Well?”
“We ought to conquer it, make it our own, and live it to the full.”
“If it is to be conquered by us weak wretches, it can't be such a