Changeling, and Other Stories

CHANGELING
AND OTHER STORIES
DONN BYRNE
Author of The Wind Bloweth, Messer Marco Polo, etc.
New York & London THE CENTURY CO.
Copyright, 1923, by The Century Co.
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
DEDICATION
So you are going to bring out a book of your stories, said the Old Poet.
I think I am, sir, said I.
I'm sorry for it, said the Old Poet, for it won't have a friend in the world.
When it comes to the publishing of books, people are always pessimistic, and, in my case, always right. Success, I am sufficient of a heretic to believe, matters little, but friendship a great deal. And I could as little think of sending a story friendless into the world as I would of sending a child, or horse, or dog. So Changeling itself I will put under the friendly hand of the Right Honorable the Lord Justice O'Connor, who will find law treated in it in a dégagé manner that will surprise even him. And The Parliament at Thebes I dedicate to Addison and Josephine Hanan.