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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