AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN BOOKS BY FRANCIS LYNDE PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS =After the Manner of Men.= Illus. 12mo _net_ $1.35 =The Real Man.= Illus. 12mo _net_ $1.35 =The City of Numbered Days.= Illus. 12mo _net_ $1.35 =The Honorable Senator Sage-brush.= 12mo _net_ $1.30 =Scientific Sprague.= Illus. 12mo _net_ $1.25 =The Price.= 12mo _net_ $1.30 =The Taming of Red Butte Western.= Illus. 12mo _net_ $1.35 =The King of Arcadia.= Illus. 12mo _net_ $1.35 =A Romance In Transit.= 16mo _net_ .75 [Illustration: “Did you really think that some one was shooting at _you_?” (_Page 7._)] After the Manner of Men BY FRANCIS LYNDE _ILLUSTRATED BY_ ARTHUR E. BECHER CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK::::::::::1916 COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Published September, 1916 [Illustration] TO JOSEPH FRATER, LOYAL FRIEND OF MANY YEARS, TO WHOM MUCH OF THE MATERIAL AND ALL OF THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE STORY IS OWING THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, WITH GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM THE AUTHOR CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE TOWNLANDER 1 II. THE SOW’S EAR 16 III. THE GOLDEN YOUTH 30 IV. IN WHICH CARFAX ENLISTS 47 V. PARTLY SENTIMENTAL 59 VI. DADDY LAYNE, AND OTHERS 73 VII. COMPANY COME 82 VIII. THE STUBBORN ROCK 96 IX. A BAD NIGHT FOR RUCKER 114 X. BLIND ALLEYS 125 XI. ROSEMARY AND RUE 148 XII. DULL STEEL 164 XIII. THE BURNT CHILD 177 XIV. THE LOGIC OF FACT 194 XV. MAMMY ANN’S GRAVE 207 XVI. A FRIEND AT NEED 230 XVII. AN ANTICLIMAX 248 XVIII. EVOLUTIONARY 261 XIX. THE HUMAN EQUATION 278 XX. LIMITATIONS 294 XXI. THE CLANSMEN 305 XXII. OUT OF A CLEAR SKY 323 XXIII. AT WESTWOOD HOUSE 334 XXIV. THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY 346 XXV. THE MANGLING OF POICTIERS 365 XXVI. TRYON’S NEWS 377 XXVII. CLOUD-WRAITHS 389 XXVIII. THE OCOEE’S ANSWER 397 XXIX. BEYOND THE GAP 410 XXX. A GROUNDED WIRE 419 XXXI. ON PISGAH’S HEIGHT 436 ILLUSTRATIONS “Did you really think that some one was shooting at _you_?” _Frontispiece_