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                          THE COMING OF THE KING

                            By JOSEPH HOCKING

_Author of "All Men are Liars" "The Scarlet Woman" "A Flame of Fire"
etc., etc._

                    ILLUSTRATIONS BY GRENVILLE MANTON


    LONDON:
    WARD LOCK & CO. LIMITED
    1904


[Illustration: "'My name is Roland Rashcliffe, your Majesty.'" (_Page
130._)]




       CONTENTS


       I THE COMING OF KATHARINE HARCOMB                 7

      II THE SECRET OF THE BLACK BOX                    17

     III THE KING'S