Produced by Al Haines.
[Illustration: Sargent Everett.
From a painting by Frank T. Merrill]
THE LEAD
OF HONOUR
BY
NORVAL RICHARDSON
WITH FRONTISPIECE IN COLOUR BY
FRANK T. MERRILL
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS : : NEW YORK
_Copyright, 1910_
BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
_Entered at Stationers' Hall, London_
_All rights reserved_
First Impression, July, 1910
Second Impression, August, 1910
Third Impression, September, 1910
Fourth Impression, October, 1910
TO
THE ONE WHO IS THE INSPIRATION OF ALL
THAT IS BEST IN THESE PAGES
L. R.
*CONTENTS*
BOOK I--THE SCHOOLMASTER
CHAPTER
I. Youth and Ambition
II. The Captain's Advice
III. Juleps and Politics
IV. A Gentleman of the Old School
V. The House of the Spaniards