Chapter I: Front Matter

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_

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