THE IMPOSTOR

A TALE OF OLD ANNAPOLIS

JOHN REED SCOTT

AUTHOR OF "THE COLONEL OF THE RED HUZZARS," "BEATRIX OF CLARE,"
"THE PRINCESS DEHRA," "THE WOMAN IN QUESTION," ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
BY CLARENCE F. UNDERWOOD

PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1910

Published September, 1910

Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company
The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

DEDICATED
TO THE ONE WITHOUT WHOSE UNFAILING
COMFORT ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSIST-
ANCE IN TIME OF SERIOUS AFFLIC-
TION AND DEEP DISTRESS THIS STORY
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FINISHED