Her Lord and Master. Martha Morton

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       Martha Morton

      Her Lord and Master

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4064066096380

Table of Contents

       Foreword

       CHAPTER I.

       A Reunion.

       CHAPTER II.

       Birds of Passage.

       CHAPTER III.

       On a Model Farm

       CHAPTER IV.

       Springtime.

       CHAPTER V.

       Camp Indiana.

       CHAPTER VI.

       Guests

       CHAPTER VII.

       The Weaver

       CHAPTER VIII.

       The World's Rest

       CHAPTER IX.

       In an Orchard of the Memory

       CHAPTER X.

       The Might of the Falls

       CHAPTER XI.

       A Moonlight Picnic.

       CHAPTER XII.

       Leading to the Altar.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       England.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       Transplantation.

       CHAPTER XV.

       "I Shall Keep My Promise."

       CHAPTER XVI.

       An Escapade

       CHAPTER XVII.

       Late Visitors

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       Awakening.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       "And as he Wove he heard Singing."

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Foreword

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      "Her Lord and Master," by Martha Morton, was first produced in New York, during the Spring of 1902. The play met with great success, and ran for over one hundred nights at the Manhattan Theatre.

      Miss Victoria Morton, the sister of the playwright, now presents "Her Lord and Master" as a novel.

      The play is being produced in the principal cities during this season.

CHAPTER I.

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A Reunion.

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      "Did the ladies arrive, Mr. Stillwater?" inquired the clerk at the Waldorf Hotel, New York, as a tall, broad-shouldered man, unmistakably Western in appearance, walked smilingly up to the desk.

      "Bag and baggage, bless their hearts!"

      A dark, distinguished looking man, who was looking over the register, glanced at the speaker, then moved slightly to one side as the latter took up the pen. Stillwater registered in a quick, bold hand, and walked away. The dark gentleman turned again to the register and read:

      "Horatio Stillwater, Stillwater, Indiana."

      "Horatio Stillwater, Stillwater!" he remarked to the clerk with a cultured English accent. "A coincidence, I presume?"

      "Not at all," answered the clerk laughing. "That often happens out West. You see, Stillwater founded the town. He owned most of the land, besides the largest interests in wheat and oil. It's a great wheat and oil centre. Naturally the town is named after him."

      "Naturally," acquiesced the Englishman, staring blankly