THE

BY

STEWART EDWARD WHITE

ILLUSTRATED BY LEJAREN A. HILLER

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION

INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

COPYRIGHT, 1909 1910, BY JAMES HORSBURGH, JB

COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

PUBLISHED, OCTOBER, 1910

THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

The geography in this novel may easily be recognized by one familiar with the country. For that reason it is necessary to state that the characters therein are in no manner to be confused with the people aciually inhabiting and developing that locality. The Power Company promoted by Baker has absolutely nothing to do with any Power Company utilizing any streams : the delectable Plant never exercised his talents in Sierra North. The author must decline to acknowledge any identifications of the sort. Plant and Baker and all the rest are, however, only to a limited extent fictitious characters. What they did and what they stood for is absolutely true.