Chapter I: Front Matter

[Frontispiece]

THE HAPPY WARRIOR

BY

A. S. M. HUTCHINSON

AUTHOR OF "ONCE ABOARD THE LUGGER----"

WITH FRONTISPIECE BY

PAUL JULIEN MEYLAN

TORONTO

MCCLELLAND & GOODCHILD LIMITED

_Copyright, 1912,_

BY A. S. M. HUTCHINSON.

_All rights reserved._

First Edition Printed, December, 1912
Reprinted, January, 1913 (three times)
February, 1913 (three times)
Reprinted, March, 1913

Set up and electrotyped by J. S. Cushing Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

Presswork by S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he
That every man in arms should wish to be?
--It is the generous spirit, who,...
Come when it will, is equal to the need...
Who, with a toward or untoward lot,
Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not--
Plays, in the many games of life, that one
Where what he most doth value must be won:
Whom neither shape of danger can dismay,
Nor thought of tender happiness betray.
--WORDSWORTH.

CONTENTS

BOOK ONE

_A NICE, SHORT BOOK, ILLUSTRATING THE ELEMENTS OF CHANCE_

CHAPTER

I. A PAGE OF THE PEERAGE
II. A CHANGE IN THE PEERAGE
III. INTO THE PEERAGE
IV. A FORETASTE OF THE PEERAGE
V. MISREADING A PEERESS
VI. MISCALCULATING A PEER

BOOK TWO

_A BOOK OF THE SAME SIZE, ILLUSTRATING THE ELEMENT OF FOLLY_

I. LOVE TRIMS WRECKERS' LAMPS
II. LOVE LEADS AN EXPEDITION INTO THE UNFORESEEN
III. A LOVERS' LITANY
IV. WHAT THE TOOO-FIRTY WINNER BROUGHT MRS. ERPS
V. WHAT AUDREY BROUGHT LADY BURDON
VI. ARRIVAL OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR
VII. ENLISTMENT OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR

BOOK THREE

_BOOK OF THE HAPPY, HAPPY TIME. THE ELEMENT OF YOUTH_

I. PERCIVAL HAS A PEEP AT THE 'NORMOUS
II. FOLLOWS A FROG AND FINDS A TADPOLE
III. LADY BURDON COMES TO "POST OFFIC"
IV. LITTLE 'ORSES AND LITTLE STU-PIDS
V. THE WORLD AS SHOWMAN: ALL THE JOLLY FUN
VI. JAPHRA AND IMA AND SNOW-WHITE-AND-ROSE-RED
VII. BURDON HOUSE LEASED: THE OLD MANOR OCCUPIED

BOOK FOUR

_BOOK OF STORMS AND OF THREATENING STORM. THE ELEMENT OF LOVE_

I. PLANS AND DREAMS AND PROMISES
II. FEARS AND VISIONS AND DISCOVERIES
III. A FRIEND UNCHANGED--AND A FRIEND GROWN
IV. IMA'S LESSONS
V. JAPHRA'S LESSONS
VI. WITH IMA ON PLOWMAN'S RIDGE
VII. ALONE ON PLOWMAN'S RIDGE
VIII. WITH DORA IN THE DRIVE
IX. WITH AUNT MAGGIE IN FAREWELL
X. WITH EGBERT IN FREEDOM
XI. WITH JAPHRA ON THE ROAD
XII. LETTERS OF RECALL
XIII. MR. AMBER DOES NOT RECOGNISE
XIV. DORA REMEMBERS

BOOK FIVE

_BOOK OF FIGHTS AND OF THE BIG FIGHT. THE ELEMENT OF COURAGE_

I. BOSS MADDOX SHOWS HIS HAND
II. IMA SHOWS HER HEART
III. PERCIVAL SHOWS HIS FISTS
IV. FOXY PINSENT _v._ JAPHRA'S GENTLEMAN
V. A FIGHT THAT IS TOLD
VI. THE STICKS COME OUT--AND A KNIFE
VII. JAPHRA AND IMA. JAPHRA AND AUNT MAGGIE
VIII. A COLD 'UN FOR EGBERT HUNT. ROUGH 'UNS FOR PERCIVAL
IX. ONE COMES OVER THE RIDGE
X. TWO RIDE TOGETHER
XI. NEWS OF HUNT. NEWS OF ROLLO. NEWS OF DORA
XII. PRELUDE TO THE BIG FIGHT
XIII. THE BIG FIGHT OPENS
XIV. ALWAYS VICTORY

THE HAPPY WARRIOR