The Author wishes to thank the Editors of the _Morning Post_, the _Westminster Gazette_, and _Country Life_ for permission to reprint in this volume stories originally published in their papers. At the moorland cross-roads Martin stood examining the sign-post for several minutes in some bewilderment. The names on the four arms were not what he expected, distances were not given, and his map, he concluded with impatience, must be hopelessly out of date. Spreading it against the post, he stooped to study it more closely. The wind blew the corners flapping against his face. The small print was almost indecipherable in the fading light. It appeared, however--as well as he could make out--that t…
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