FOREWORD

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

I THE GOVERNOR'S NIECE

II SIR EDWARD PARKINGTON

III THE RACES

IV THE MARBURYS

V HEDGELY HALL AND MARBURY, SENIOR

VI THE MISTAKE

VII SIR EDWARD LAYS PLANS

VIII THE MEANING OF A SHRUG

IX THE SURPRISE

X THE DEFEAT

XI THE KEY

XII MAYNADIER'S DREAM

XIII THE CAMPAIGNS

XIV GUILTY AND NOT GUILTY

XV LONG-SWORD AGAIN

XVI THE CRESCENT AND THE STAR

XVII A LETTER AND A CONFESSION

XVIII THE BROKEN RENDEZVOUS

XIX ARRAIGNED

XX THE PENALTY OF A BIRTH-MARK

ADVERTISEMENTS A NEW SPARKLING ROMANCE

Title: The Impostor

A Tale of Old Annapolis

Author: John Reed Scott

Language: English

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THE IMPOSTOR

"MISS STIRLING, IS SIR EDWARD DANGEROUS, AS WELL AS FASCINATING,
OR SIMPLY FASCINATING?" ASKED MISS MARBURY. Page 206

THE IMPOSTOR

A TALE OF OLD ANNAPOLIS

BY

JOHN REED SCOTT

AUTHOR OF "THE COLONEL OF THE RED HUZZARS," "BEATRIX OF CLARE,"
"THE PRINCESS DEHRA," "THE WOMAN IN QUESTION," ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
BY CLARENCE F. UNDERWOOD

PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1910

Copyright, 1910
By John Reed Scott

Published September, 1910

Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company
The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

DEDICATED
TO THE ONE WITHOUT WHOSE UNFAILING
COMFORT ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSIST-
ANCE IN TIME OF SERIOUS AFFLIC-
TION AND DEEP DISTRESS THIS STORY
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FINISHED