_The_ LIGHT _that_ LURES


PERCY J.
BREBNER.


1911


_The English edition of this book was published under
the title of "A Gentleman of Virginia"_




THE LIGHT THAT LURES




PROLOGUE

ACROSS THE WATERS OF THE BAY


Seated on a green hummock, his knees drawn up, his elbows resting on his
knees and his head supported in his open hands, a boy sat very still and
preoccupied, gazing straight into the world before him, yet conscious of
little beyond the visions conjured up by his young mind. His were dim