Produced by Al Haines [Frontispiece] THE HAPPY WARRIOR BY A. S. M. HUTCHINSON AUTHOR OF "ONCE ABOARD THE LUGGER----" WITH FRONTISPIECE BY PAUL JULIEN MEYLAN TORONTO MCCLELLAND & GOODCHILD LIMITED _Copyright, 1912,_ BY A. S. M. HUTCHINSON. _All rights reserved._ First Edition Printed, December, 1912 Reprinted, January, 1913 (three times) February, 1913 (three times) Reprinted, March, 1913 Set up and electrotyped by J. S. Cushing Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. Presswork by S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, Mass., U.S.A. Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be? --It is the generous spirit, who,... Come when it will, is equal to the need... Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not-- Plays, in the many games of life, that one Where what he most doth value must be won: Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray. --WORDSWORTH. CONTENTS BOOK ONE _A NICE, SHORT BOOK, ILLUSTRATING THE ELEMENTS OF CHANCE_ CHAPTER I. A PAGE OF THE PEERAGE II. A CHANGE IN THE PEERAGE III. INTO THE PEERAGE IV. A FORETASTE OF THE PEERAGE V. MISREADING A PEERESS VI. MISCALCULATING A PEER BOOK TWO _A BOOK OF THE SAME SIZE, ILLUSTRATING THE ELEMENT OF FOLLY_ I. LOVE TRIMS WRECKERS' LAMPS II. LOVE LEADS AN EXPEDITION INTO THE UNFORESEEN III. A LOVERS' LITANY IV. WHAT THE TOOO-FIRTY WINNER BROUGHT MRS. ERPS V. WHAT AUDREY BROUGHT LADY BURDON VI. ARRIVAL OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR VII. ENLISTMENT OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR BOOK THREE _BOOK OF THE HAPPY, HAPPY TIME. THE ELEMENT OF YOUTH_ I. PERCIVAL HAS A PEEP AT THE 'NORMOUS II. FOLLOWS A FROG AND FINDS A TADPOLE III. LADY BURDON COMES TO "POST OFFIC" IV. LITTLE 'ORSES AND LITTLE STU-PIDS V. THE WORLD AS SHOWMAN: ALL THE JOLLY FUN VI. JAPHRA AND IMA AND SNOW-WHITE-AND-ROSE-RED VII. BURDON HOUSE LEASED: THE OLD MANOR OCCUPIED BOOK FOUR _BOOK OF STORMS AND OF THREATENING STORM. THE ELEMENT OF LOVE_ I. PLANS AND DREAMS AND PROMISES II. FEARS AND VISIONS AND DISCOVERIES III. A FRIEND UNCHANGED--AND A FRIEND GROWN IV. IMA'S LESSONS V. JAPHRA'S LESSONS VI. WITH IMA ON PLOWMAN'S RIDGE VII. ALONE ON PLOWMAN'S RIDGE VIII. WITH DORA IN THE DRIVE IX. WITH AUNT MAGGIE IN FAREWELL X. WITH EGBERT IN FREEDOM XI. WITH JAPHRA ON THE ROAD XII. LETTERS OF RECALL XIII. MR. AMBER DOES NOT RECOGNISE XIV. DORA REMEMBERS BOOK FIVE _BOOK OF FIGHTS AND OF THE BIG FIGHT. THE ELEMENT OF COURAGE_