Sir Mortimer

A Novel

BY

Mary Johnston

AUTHOR OF "TO HAVE AND TO HOLD"
"PRISONERS OF HOPE" ETC.

1904




TO

J.A.J. AND W.A.J.




Illustrations

"'OH, I ENVIED HER!' SHE CRIED" . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"SIR JOHN THRUST HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TWO" . . . . . . . ._Facing p_. 16

"IT WAS BALDRY'S SHIP, THE LITTLE _STAR_" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52