
"The Sign of the Red Cross" from Evelyn Everett-Green. English novelist (1856-1932).


Reproduction of the original: The Sign of the Red Cross by Evelyn Everett-Green

Reproduction of the original: The Sign of the Red Cross by Evelyn Everett-Green


Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856 in London - 23 April 1932 in Funchal) was an English novelist who started with improving, pious stories for children, moved on to historical fiction for older girls, and then turned to adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books,...

The Sign of The Red Cross




CHAPTER I. A WARNING WHISPER. "I don't believe a word of it " cried the Master Builder, with some heat of manner. "It is just an old scare, the like of which I have heard a hundred times ere now. Some poor wretch dies of the sweating sickness, or, at worst, of the spotted fever,...

