Novels by: BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR North of Fifty-Three Big Timber Burned Bridges Poor Man's Rock North of Fifty-Three Big Timber Burned Bridges Poor Man's Rock "I'm afraid I must apologize for my father" she said simply. POOR MAN'S ROCK BY BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR WITH FRONTISPIECE BY FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY Published September, 1920 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A. CONTENTS POOR MAN'S ROCK__Prologue—Long, Long Ago CHAPTER I__The House in Cradle Bay CHAPTER II__His Own Country CHAPTER III__The Flutter of Sable Wings CHAPTER IV__Inheritance CHAPTER V__From the Bottom Up CHAPTER VI__The Springboard CHAPTER VII__Sea Boots and Salmon CHAPTER VIII__Vested Rights CHAPTER IX__The Complexity of Simple Matters CHAPTER X__Thrust and Counterthrust CHAPTER XI__Peril of the Sea CHAPTER XII__Between Sun