The Undefeated

J. C. SNAITH
AUTHOR OF “THE SAILOR,” “BROKE OF COVENDEN,” ETC.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK 1919
Copyright, 1919, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America.
DEDICATED RESPECTFULLY
“A DECENT AND A DAUNTLESS PEOPLE”

THE UNDEFEATED
IT was hot.
It was so hot that a certain Mr. William Hollis sitting on an old bacon box in the lee of a summerhouse in his lock-up garden had removed coat and waistcoat tie and collar, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt and loosened his braces. The presence of a neighbor’s elbows on the party hedge forbade a complete return to nature, but the freedom of Old Man Adam from the restraints imposed by society was envied just now by one at least of his heirs.