Produced by sp1nd, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) 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_ [Illustration: colophon] 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