Produced by David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) A MAN OF HONOR. BY GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON. ILLUSTRATED BY M. WOOLF NEW YORK: ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 245 BROADWAY. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by the ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. TO MARION, MY WIFE. [Illustration: "I'VE GOT YOU NOW."] PREFACE. I have long been curious to know whether or not I could write a pretty good story, and now that the publishers are about to send the usual press copies of this book to the critics I am in a fair way to have my curiosity on that point satisfied. CONTENTS. Chapter I.--Mr. Pagebrook gets up and Calls an Ancient Lawgiver 11 Chapter II.--Mr. Pagebrook is Invited to Breakfast 22 Chapter III.--Mr. Pagebrook Eats his Breakfast 26 Chapter IV.--Mr. Pagebrook Learns something about the Customs of the Country 35 Chapter V.--Mr. Pagebrook Makes Some Acquaintances 42 Chapter VI.--Mr. Pagebrook Makes a Good Impression 48 Chapter VII.--Mr. Pagebrook Learns Several Things 54 Chapter VIII.--Miss Sudie Makes an Apt Quotation 61 Chapter IX.--Mr. Pagebrook Meets an Acquaintance 65 Chapter X.--Chiefly Concerning "Foggy." 70 Chapter XI.--Mr. Pagebrook Rides 79 Chapter XII.--Mr. Pagebrook Dines with his Cousin Sarah Ann 84 Chapter XIII.--Concerning the Rivulets of Blue Blood 95 Chapter XIV.--Mr. Pagebrook Manages to be in at the Death 102 Chapter XV.--Some very Unreasonable Conduct 109 Chapter XVI.--What Occurred Next Morning 118 Chapter XVII.--In which Mr. Pagebrook Bids his Friends Good-by 123 Chapter XVIII.--Mr. Pagebrook Goes to Work 128 Chapter XIX.--A Short Chapter, not very interesting, perhaps, but of some Importance in the Story, as the Reader will probably discover after awhile 134 Chapter XX.--Cousin Sarah Ann Takes Robert's Part 138 Chapter XXI.--Miss Barksdale Expresses some Opinions 143 Chapter XXII.--Mr. Sharp Does His Duty 150 Chapter XXIII.--Mr. Pagebrook Takes a Lesson in the Law 158