The Message

PART I

THE DESCENT

Non his juventus orta parentibus infecit aequor sanguine Punico.--HORACE.

THE MESSAGE

I

IN THE MAKING

"Such as I am, sir--no great subject for a boaster, I admit--you see in me a product of my time, sir, and of very worthy parents, I assure you."--EZEKIEL JOY.

As a very small lad, at home in Tarn Regis, I had but one c...