THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER
PART I
CHAPTER 1
PROLOGUE
John Winston had entered into manhood with every prospect of a bright and brilliant future.
His parents had died leaving him a nice little legacy and a great deal of land for farming But with all this good fortune, things did not seem to go right with him.
To begin with, he was idle and did not care for farming, so he let land waste away till it was good for nothing, and was forced to sell it. He then encountered a severe loss of money, and by degrees sank lower and lower in the world till he at last found himself a penniless man with barely enough to keep a roof over his head.