Chapter I: Foreword

The establishment of an historic basis for this little romance was fraught with many difficulties, owing to the great divergence in statement and opinions to be found in regard to the life and origin of JUSTIN MORGAN. The author was obliged to select from a mass of contradictory material that which most nearly conformed with the purpose and continuity of the story.

Therefore, if any find the _history_ not to his way of thinking she begs him to realize that it is, after all, but a detail which she hopes may be compensated for by the manner in which she has endeavored to bring out all those noble characteristics for which the FOUNDER OF HIS RACE was famous.

In the frontispiece, modelled by Roger Noble Burnham, the portrait of Mistress Lloyd was posed for by Miss Fifi Willis, of Columbia, Missouri, to whom the author wishes to extend her thanks.

ELEANOR WARING BURNHAM,
(Morgan Horse Club).

MAGNOLIA, MASSACHUSETTS, _September, 1911_.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERS. PAGE.

I. EARLY INFLUENCES 13

II. TRUE IS BROKEN TO HARNESS 24

III. CEPH’S UNHAPPY FATE 32

IV. JUSTIN MORGAN 36

V. TRUE MEETS HIS FATHER 41

VI. TRUE GAZES UPON MISTRESS LLOYD, OF
MARYLAND 46

VII. IN WHICH MISTRESS LLOYD, OF MARYLAND,
GIVES TRUE HIS FIRST RIBBAND 51

VIII. TRUE GOES TO FOUND HIS RACE 56

IX. TRUE’S FIRST HARD WORK, AND HOW HE
ACCOMPLISHED IT 67

X. IN WHICH “TRUE” BECOMES “JUSTIN
MORGAN” 72

XI. MORGAN TRIES CONCLUSIONS WITH THE
COXCOMB AND HIS FRIENDS 77

XII. OLD GREY TELLS PIONEER TALES 83

XIII. THE MORGAN GOES TO MONTPELIER TO
LIVE 87

XIV. MORGAN MAKES A TRIP TO BOSTON 95

XV. FOR MISTRESS LLOYD, OF MARYLAND 103

XVI. IN WHICH MORGAN IS KNOWN AS THE
GOSS HORSE 113

XVII. IN THE FLOOD OF 1811 121

XVIII. UNDER CAPTAIN DULANEY 127

XIX. HE MEETS HIS LADY AGAIN 138

XX. THE NAVAL BATTLE 146

XXI. DOWN HILL 152