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  BY ORDER OF THE COMPANY

  By the same Author

  THE OLD DOMINION

  Second Edition

  "_A book very much to be recommended._"--GUARDIAN. "_A stirring tale of love and adventure._"--TABLET. "_The whole book is a masterpiece._"--BRITISH WEEKLY. "_A delightful story._"--SPEAKER. "_A notable book._"--LITERARY WORLD. "_Any reader who likes Stevenson will like 'The Old Dominion.'_"--OUTLOOK. "_I have not met with a more readable book for many a long day._"--WHITEHALL REVIEW. "_Miss Mary Johnston is to be congratulated._"--DAILY TELEGRAPH. "_Altogether, 'The Old Dominion' is an excellent story._"--WESTMINSTER GAZETTE. "_Every scene is realized, and every character lives._"--MANCHESTER GUARDIAN. "_A romance of a merit quite remarkable._"--ECHO. "_The Baron congratulates Mary Johnston on her romantic story entitled 'The Old Dominion.' It is an exciting narrative of perilous adventures, and of a hate that was converted into love as strong as death. The characters are drawn with a strong hand, and the interest is sustained to the end._"--PUNCH.

  BY ORDER OF THE COMPANY

  BY MARY JOHNSTON

  Author of _The Old Dominion_

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  WESTMINSTER ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO 2 WHITEHALL GARDENS 1900

  1900. COPYRIGHT IN THE U.S.A. BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN & CO

  Contents

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I IN WHICH I THROW AMBS-ACE 7

  II IN WHICH I MEET MASTER JEREMY SPARROW 16

  III IN WHICH I MARRY IN HASTE 26

  IV IN WHICH I AM LIKE TO REPENT AT LEISURE 36

  V IN WHICH A WOMAN HAS HER WAY 49

  VI IN WHICH WE GO TO JAMESTOWN 58

  VII IN WHICH WE PREPARE TO FIGHT THE SPANIARD 69

  VIII IN WHICH ENTERS MY LORD CARNAL 80

  IX IN WHICH TWO DRINK OF ONE CUP 92

  X IN WHICH MASTER PORY GAINS TIME TO SOME PURPOSE 108

  XI IN WHICH I MEET AN ITALIAN DOCTOR 116

  XII IN WHICH I RECEIVE A WARNING AND REPOSE A TRUST 128

  XIII IN WHICH THE "SANTA TERESA" DROPS DOWNSTREAM 135

  XIV IN WHICH WE SEEK A LOST LADY 143

  XV IN WHICH WE FIND THE HAUNTED WOOD 151

  XVI IN WHICH I AM RID OF AN UNPROFITABLE SERVANT 161

  XVII IN WHICH MY LORD AND I PLAY AT BOWLS 172

  XVIII IN WHICH WE GO OUT INTO THE NIGHT 185

  XIX IN WHICH WE HAVE UNEXPECTED COMPANY 196

  XX IN WHICH WE ARE IN DESPERATE CASE 206

  XXI IN WHICH A GRAVE IS DIGGED 216

  XXII IN WHICH I CHANGE MY NAME AND OCCUPATION 226

  XXIII IN WHICH WE WRITE UPON THE SAND 238

  XXIV IN WHICH WE CHOOSE THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS 250

  XXV IN WHICH MY LORD HATH HIS DAY 261

  XXVI IN WHICH I AM BROUGHT TO TRIAL 272

  XXVII IN WHICH I FIND AN ADVOCATE 281

  XXVIII IN WHICH THE SPRINGTIME IS AT HAND 294

  XXIX IN WHICH I KEEP TRYST 306

  XXX IN WHICH WE START UPON A JOURNEY 322

  XXXI IN WHICH NANTAUQUAS COMES TO OUR RESCUE 333

  XXXII IN WHICH WE ARE THE GUESTS OF AN EMPEROR 348

  XXXIII IN WHICH MY FRIEND BECOMES MY FOE 362

  XXXIV IN WHICH THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT 375

  XXXV IN WHICH I COME TO THE GOVERNOR'S HOUSE 385

  XXXVI IN WHICH I HEAR ILL NEWS 397

  XXXVII IN WHICH MY LORD AND I PART COMPANY 409

  XXXVIII IN WHICH I GO UPON A QUEST 419

  XXXIX IN WHICH WE LISTEN TO A SONG 430