Author of “Hawtrey’s Deputy,” “The Liberationist,”

“A Sower of Wheat,” “The Pioneer,” etc.

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED

LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO

CONTENTS

I[Rancher Witham]
II[Lance Courthorne]
III[Trooper Shannon’s Quarrel]
IV[In the Bluff]
V[Miss Barrington Comes Home]
VI[Anticipations]
VII[Witham’s Decision]
VIII[Witham Comes to Silverdale]
IX[An Armistice]
X[Maud Barrington’s Promise]
XI[Speed the Plough]
XII[Mastery Recognized]
XIII[A Fair Advocate]
XIV[The Unexpected]
XV[Facing the Flame]
XVI[Maud Barrington is Merciless]
XVII[With the Stream]
XVIII[Under Test]
XIX[Courthorne Blunders]
XX[The Face at the Window]
XXI[Colonel Barrington is Convinced]
XXII[Sergeant Stimson Confirms his Suspicions]
XXIII[The Revelation]
XXIV[Courthorne makes Reparation]
XXV[Witham Rides Away]
XXVI[Reinstation]

THE IMPOSTOR

[CHAPTER I—RANCHER WITHAM]