[Illustration: Modelled by Roger Noble Burnham. “… THE FEEL OF HER CHEEK AGAINST HIS!”] JUSTIN MORGAN FOUNDER OF HIS RACE THE ROMANTIC HISTORY OF A HORSE BY ELEANOR WARING BURNHAM (MRS. ROGER NOBLE BURNHAM) AUTHOR OF THE “WHITE PATH” AND OTHER STORIES ILLUSTRATED FRONTISPIECE BY ROGER NOBLE BURNHAM [Illustration] THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS 114-116 E. 28th STREET NEW YORK 1911 Copyright, 1911, by Eleanor W. Burnham. TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER. [Illustration: photograph by E. D. Johnston, Savannah. ANNANDALE HOUSE] FOREWORD. The establishment of an historic basis for this little romance was fraught with many difficulties, owing to the great divergence in statement and opinions to be found in regard to the life and origin of JUSTIN MORGAN. The author was obliged to select from a mass of contradictory material that which most nearly conformed with the purpose and continuity of the story. Therefore, if any find the _history_ not to his way of thinking she begs him to realize that it is, after all, but a detail which she hopes may be compensated for by the manner in which she has endeavored to bring out all those noble characteristics for which the FOUNDER OF HIS RACE was famous. In the frontispiece, modelled by Roger Noble Burnham, the portrait of Mistress Lloyd was posed for by Miss Fifi Willis, of Columbia, Missouri, to whom the author wishes to extend her thanks. ELEANOR WARING BURNHAM, (Morgan Horse Club). MAGNOLIA, MASSACHUSETTS, _September, 1911_. CONTENTS. CHAPTERS. PAGE. I. EARLY INFLUENCES 13 II. TRUE IS BROKEN TO HARNESS 24 III. CEPH’S UNHAPPY FATE 32 IV. JUSTIN MORGAN 36 V. TRUE MEETS HIS FATHER 41 VI. TRUE GAZES UPON MISTRESS LLOYD, OF MARYLAND 46 VII. IN WHICH MISTRESS LLOYD, OF MARYLAND, GIVES TRUE HIS FIRST RIBBAND 51 VIII. TRUE GOES TO FOUND HIS RACE 56 IX. TRUE’S FIRST HARD WORK, AND HOW HE ACCOMPLISHED IT 67