CALEB TRENCH CALEB TRENCH CALEB TRENCH BY MARY IMLAY TAYLOR AUTHOR OF “THE REAPING,” “THE IMPERSONATOR,” ETC. MARY IMLAY TAYLOR WITH FRONTISPIECE BY EMLEN McCONNELL EMLEN McCONNELL BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1910 LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY Copyright, 1910, By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved Published March, 1910 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A. By Little, Brown, and Company CALEB TRENCH [1] CALEB TRENCH I DIANA ROYALL pushed back the music-rack and rose from her seat at the piano. “Show the person in here, Kingdom.” The negro disappeared, and Diana moved slowly to the table at the farther end of the long room, and stood there turning over some papers in her leisurely, graceful way. “Who in the world is it now?” Mrs. Eaton asked, looking up from her solitaire, “a book agent?” “Caleb Trench,” Diana replied carelessly, “the shopkeeper at Eshcol.”