Blackthorn Farm

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BLACKTHORN FARM
ARTHUR APPLIN
Author of Her Sacrifice, Love Conquers All Things, The Chorus Girl, The Pearl Necklace, etc., etc.
WARD, LOCK& CO., LIMITED LONDON. MELBOURNE AND TORONTO
First published in 1915.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
BLACKTHORN FARM.
CHAPTER I.
RUINED!
Rupert Dale sat at the writing-table before the open windows of his sitting-room in Clanton Street, Westminster. It was a glorious summer morning. The sun had torn aside the grey mantle from the face of London. The roofs and spires of the city shone. The trees rustled their leaves in the warm breeze. The roar of traffic echoed in his ears.