Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. [Illustration: "_Yes, surrendered. Haven't you sent for money? Haven't you given up? Aren't you trying to run away?_"] HEMPFIELD _A Novel_ By DAVID GRAYSON Author of "Adventures in Contentment," "Adventures in Friendship," "The Friendly Road" [Illustration] _Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty_ GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1915 _Copyright, 1915, by_ DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY [Illustration] [Illustration] CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. I Discover the Printing-office 3 II. I Step Boldly into the Story 23 III. Anthy 37 IV. Enter Mr. Ed Smith 51 V. Nort 71 VI. A Man to Help Fergus 83 VII. Phaeton Drives the Chariot of the _Star_ 101 VIII. Nort and Anthy 118 IX. A Letter to Lincoln 123 X. The Wonderful Day 133 XI. In Which Great Plans Are Evolved, and There Is a Surprising Event 151 XII. The Explosion 171 XIII. Anthy Takes Command 190 XIV. We Begin the Subjugation of Nort 204 XV. I Get Better Acquainted with Anthy 222 XVI. The Old Captain Comes into His Own 228 XVII. In Which Certain Deep Matters of the Heart Are Presented 236 XVIII. Nort Sniffs 240 XIX. Fergus's Favourite Poem 250 XX. The Celebration 260 XXI. Starlight 270 XXII. Fergus and Nort 275 XXIII. The Battle 289 XXIV. Two Letters 300 XXV. The Flying machine 305 XXVI. The Return of the Prodigal 312 XXVII. Fergus MacGregor Goes to the Hills 321 [Illustration] ILLUSTRATIONS "Yes, surrendered. Haven't you sent for money? Haven't you given up? Aren't you trying to run away?" _Frontispiece in color_ Ed's innocent suggestion of a house-cleaning was taken by Fergus as a deadly affront 68