Produced by Al Haines. *[Frontispiece: "You locked me out!" she said, hysterically. (missing from book)]* _*HER LORD AND MASTER*_ _By MARTHA MORTON_ _Illustrated by_ _HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY and ESTHER MAC NAMARA_ _R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 18 East Seventeenth Street, NEW YORK_ Copyright, 1902 By ANTHONY J. DREXEL BIDDLE Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London All Rights Reserved *Contents* CHAPTER I.—A Reunion II.—Birds of Passage III.—On a Model Farm IV.—Springtime V.—Camp Indiana VI.—Guests VII.—The Weaver VIII.—The World’s Rest IX.—In an Orchard of the Memory X.—The Might of the Falls XI.—A Moonlight Picnic XII.—Leading to the Altar XIII.—England XIV.—Transplantation XV.—"I Shall Keep My Promise" XVI.—An Escapade XVII.—Late Visitors XVIII.—Awakening XIX.—"And as He Wove, He Heard Singing" *Illustrations* "You locked me out!" she said, hysterically. _Frontispiece_ "I’d call the picture, ’Indiana.’" Catching Pollywogs "I—I—what have I said? I didn’t mean it." "I will have love to help me." *Foreword* "Her Lord and Master," by Martha Morton, was first produced in New York, during the Spring of 1902. The play met with great success, and ran for over one hundred nights at the Manhattan Theatre. Miss Victoria Morton, the sister of the playwright, now presents "Her Lord and Master" as a novel. The play is being produced in the principal cities during this season. *CHAPTER I.* *A Reunion.* "Did the ladies arrive, Mr. Stillwater?" inquired the clerk at the Waldorf Hotel, New York, as a tall, broad-shouldered man, unmistakably Western in appearance, walked smilingly up to the desk. "Bag and baggage, bless their hearts!" A dark, distinguished looking man, who was looking over the register, glanced at the speaker, then moved slightly to one side as the latter took up the pen. Stillwater registered in a quick, bold hand, and walked away. The dark gentleman turned again to the register and read: "Horatio Stillwater, Stillwater, Indiana." "Horatio Stillwater, Stillwater!" he remarked to the clerk with a cultured English accent. "A coincidence, I presume?" "Not at all," answered the clerk laughing. "That often happens out West. You see, Stillwater founded the town. He owned most of the land, besides the largest interests in wheat and oil. It’s a great wheat and oil centre. Naturally the town is named after him."