CHAPTER PAGE
I. [A Break in the Bridge ]11
II. [The Bringing Up of Agatha ]32
III. [Jessamine and Honeysuckle ]47
IV. [In Revolt ]71
V. [At The Oaks ]78
VI. [Next Morning ]94
VII. [A Farewell at the Gate ]111
VIII. [A Red Feather ]118
IX. [The Birth of Womanhood ]135
X. [In Action ]144
XI. [At Warlock ]163
XII. [Under Escort ]172
XIII. [A Souvenir Service ]187
XIV. [Quick Work ]199
XV. [Agatha's Venture ]214
XVI. [Canister ]223
XVII. [At Headquarters ]238
XVIII. [A Brush at the Front ]248
XIX. [Agatha's Resolution ]256
XX. [Two Home-Comings ]265
XXI. [At Parting ]279
XXII. [Sam as a Strategist ]290
XXIII. [A Negotiation ]301
XXIV. [Flight ]317
XXV. [A Narrow Escape ]327
XXVI. [Mademoiselle Roland ]336
XXVII. [Agatha's Wonder-Story ]345
XXVIII. [When a Man Talks Too Much ]364
XXIX. [A Struggle of Giants ]374
XXX. [The Last Straw ]380
XXXI. [At Warlock and at The Oaks ]396
XXXII. [In Righteous Wrath ]407
XXXIII. [Under Red Leaves ]416
XXXIV. [The End and After ]425

List of Illustrations

["In the firelight" ]Frontispiece
[Agatha Ronald ]44
["'If any man flunks—I'll brain him'" ]126
["'Riding under gallant escort'" ]186
["'I love you, Agatha Ronald'" ]235
["'At Christ-church-in-the-woods'" ]423

The Master of Warlock

I

A break in the bridge

The road was a winding, twisting track as it threaded its way through a stretch of old field pines. The land was nearly level at that point, and quite unobstructed, so that there was not the slightest reason that ordinary intelligence could discover for the roadway's devious wanderings. It might just as well have run straight through the pine lands.