FOREWORD. 



The establishment of an historic basis for this Httle ro- 

 mance was fraught with many cHfficukies, owing to the 

 great divergence in statement and opinions to be found 

 in regard to the life and origin of Justin Morgan. The 

 author was obliged to select from a mass of contradic- 

 tory material that which most nearly conformed with the 

 purpose and continuity of the story. 



Therefore, if any find the history not to his way of 

 thinking she begs him to realize that it is, after all, but 

 a detail which she hopes may be compensated for by the 

 manner in which she has endeavored to bring out all 

 those noble characteristics for which the Founder of His 

 Race was famous. 



In the frontispiece, modelled by Roger Noble Burn- 

 ham, the portrait of Mistress Lloyd was posed for by 

 Miss Fifi Willis, of Columbia, Missouri, to whom the 

 author wishes to extend her thanks. 



Eleanor Waring Burnham, 



(Morgan Horse Club). 



Magnolia, Massachusetts, September^ igii. 



