

The man had his back to the withered iron-bark now.
By A. J. DAWSON
AUTHOR OF "'THE MESSAGE," "THE GENTEEL A.B.," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY R. H. BUXTON
This etext prepared from a 1909 reprint of the firstedition published in 1908 by Grant Richards of London and printed by WilliamBrendon and Son Ltd of Plymouth.
TO "THE MISTRESS OF THE KENNELS" AND TO THE MEMORY OFTYNAGH MOTHER OF WOLFHOUND HEROES ITS WRITER DEDICATES THIS HISTORY
Witchampton, 1908

CHAPTER I. The Mother ofHeroes
CHAPTER V. Youth beside the Downs
CHAPTER VI. The Ordeal of theRing
CHAPTER XII. The Parting of theWays
CHAPTER XIII. An Adventure byNight
CHAPTER XIV. The Southern CrossCircus