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THE IMPOSTOR
"MISS STIRLING, IS SIR EDWARD DANGEROUS, AS WELL ASFASCINATING,
OR SIMPLY FASCINATING?" ASKED MISS MARBURY. Page 206
THE IMPOSTOR
A TALE OF OLD ANNAPOLIS
BY
JOHN REED SCOTT
AUTHOR OF "THE COLONEL OF THE RED HUZZARS," "BEATRIX OF CLARE,"
"THE PRINCESS DEHRA," "THE WOMAN IN QUESTION," ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
BY CLARENCE F. UNDERWOOD
PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1910
Copyright, 1910
By John Reed Scott
Published September, 1910
Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company
The Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
DEDICATED
TO THE ONE WITHOUT WHOSE UNFAILING
COMFORT ENCOURAGEMENT AND ASSIST-
ANCE IN TIME OF SERIOUS AFFLIC-
TIONAND DEEP DISTRESS THIS STORY
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FINISHED
FOREWORD
I have endeavored to tell an old story in a modern fashion. Wherein Ihave failed, I beg indulgence; wherein I have succeeded, even a little,I have to thank the Spirit of the Past, which still lingers in theancient capital and its environs.
To Mrs. Story, the present owner, who graciously permitted me toinspect Whitehall; to Mrs. Dugan, Prudence R.—a direct descendantof John Ridout, the Commissary-General—who gave me much informationconcerning Governor Sharpe; and to Miss Shaffer, the State Librarian,in whose charge are the Maryland Gazettes of