BY FRANCIS LYNDE BY FRANCIS LYNDE CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS DAVID VALLORY It had given him a glow of superecstasy to find that she was familiar with many of the details. (Page 232) DAVID VALLORY BY FRANCIS LYNDE FRANCIS LYNDE WITH FRONTISPIECE BY ARTHUR E. BECHER CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK : : : : : : : : : : 1919 CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK : : : : : : : : : : 1919 Copyright, 1919, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Published August, 1919 Copyright, 1919, by TO THE RIGHT REVEREND THOMAS FRANK GAILOR BISHOP OF TENNESSEE MY BISHOP, ADVISER, AND FRIEND, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THOMAS FRANK GAILOR [vii] CONTENTS In the Green Tree The Deluge