"Two steps took him up to the waist, and he had trouble
in finding solid bottom at the next." (Chap, xvii.)

THE
PROTECTOR

BY
HAROLD BINDLOSS

Author of "The Impostor," "Hawtrey's Deputy,"
"The Pioneer," etc., etc.

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO
1918

CONTENTS

THE PROTECTOR

[CHAPTER I—A FRIEND IN NEED.]