Chapter I: Front Matter

</pre>

Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

JOHNSTONE OF THE BORDER

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

ALTON OF SOMASCO LORIMER OF THE NORTHWEST THURSTON OF ORCHARD VALLEY WINSTON OF THE PRAIRIE THE GOLD TRAIL SYDNEY CARTERET, RANCHER A PRAIRIE COURTSHIP VANE OF THE TIMBERLANDS THE LONG PORTAGE RANCHING FOR SYLVIA PRESCOTT OF SASKATCHEWAN THE DUST OF CONFLICT THE GREATER POWER MASTERS OF THE WHEATLANDS DELILAH OF THE SNOWS BY RIGHT OF PURCHASE THE CATTLE BARON'S DAUGHTER THRICE ARMED FOR JACINTA THE INTRIGUERS THE LEAGUE OF THE LEOPARD FOR THE ALLINSON HONOR THE SECRET OF THE REEF HARDING OF ALLENWOOD THE COAST OF ADVENTURE

JOHNSTONE OF THE BORDER

BY HAROLD BINDLOSS

_Author of_ "PRESCOTT OF SASKATCHEWAN," "RANCHING FOR SYLVIA," "FOR THE ALLINSON HONOR," "THE SECRET OF THE REEF," ETC.

_WITH FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR_

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY RODERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND UNDER THE TITLE "THE BORDERER"

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I THE SUMMONS 1 II A PAINFUL MEMORY 12 III THE SOLWAY SHORE 19 IV APPLEYARD 29 V SWEETHEART ABBEY 42 VI ON CRIFFELL HILL 53 VII THE GRAY CAR 60 VIII THE "ROWAN'S" LIGHT 71 IX IN THE DARK 81 X THE YOUNG OFFICER 92 XI THE SIGNAL 103 XII A FALSE ALARM 114 XIII THE WRECK 127 XIV A FAIR ALLY 140 XV A BARGAIN 148 XVI TRAILING THE MOTORCYCLE 160 XVII THE MATCHBOX 172 XVIII A CONFERENCE AT SEA 183 XIX A WARNING 195 XX THE WHAMMEL BOAT 205 XXI THE LOST PAPER 216 XXII STAFFER'S MESSENGER 226 XXIII AN EVENING AT APPLEYARD 235 XXIV THE BUOYED CHANNEL 247 XXV A CLUE 259 XXVI TIGHTENING THE MESHES 272 XXVII THE RECKONING DAY 283 XXVIII A WILD RIDE 293 XXIX WHEN THE TIDE TURNED 305 XXX THE NET 317 XXXI UNEXPECTED HAPPINESS 327

JOHNSTONE OF THE BORDER