AUTHOR OF
"THE FLYING MERCURY," "THE GAME OR THE CANDLE," ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
BY JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

1912

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHED, FEBRUARY, 1912
PUBLISHED, FEBRUARY 15, 1912
SECOND PRINTING FEBRUARY 20, 1912
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.

To My Dear
and
Gracious Mother

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE

1. The Kid Amateur 11
2. Corrie and his Other Fellow 25
3. The Household of Roses 42
4. Isabel 73
5. The Vase of Al-Mansor 91
6. Wreck 117
7. "The Greatest of These" 137
8. Aftermath 152
9. The House at the Turn 162
10. Sentence of Error 171
11. Gerard's Man 188
12. The Making Good 201
13. The Titan's Driver 212
14. Val de Rosas 233
15. The Strength of Ten 250
16. The White Road of Honor 267
17. The End of the Road 300

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

• Frontispiece The People Burst Out Over the Course and Overwhelmed the Victors
• 14 Giddy, She Willingly Suffered His Support, then Drew Back, Her Color Returning Vividly
• 78 "Wipe It Off," She Requested Resignedly, "Wipe It Off and Never Tell"