The White Shield
STORIES BY MYRTLE REED
Author of Lavender and Old Lace The Master's Violin Old Rose and Silver A Weaver of Dreams Flower of the Dusk At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern The Shadow of Victory Threads of Grey and Gold Etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY DALTON STEVENS
New York GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers
Made in the United States of America
Copyright, 1902 BY MYRTLE REED
By Myrtle Reed: A Weaver of Dreams Old Rose and Silver Lavender and Old Lace The Master's Violin Love Letters of a Musician The Spinster Book The Shadow of Victory Sonnets to a Lover Master of the Vineyard Flower of the Dusk At the Sign of the Jack-o'-Lantern A Spinner in the Sun Later Love Letters of a Musician Love Affairs of Literary Men Myrtle Reed Year Book
This edition is issued under arrangement with the publishers G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London
Do you remember that awful quarrel we had about annexing Canada to the United States? asked Robert. From the Drawing by Dalton Stevens.
Myrtle Reed
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THE WHITE SHIELD
Contents
Preface
The White Shield
An International Affair
A Child of Silence
The Dweller in Bohemia
A Minor Chord
The Madonna of the Tambourine
A Mistress of Art
A Rosary of Tears
The Roses and the Song
A Laggard in Love
Träumerei
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
The Face of the Master
A Reasonable Courtship
Elmiry Ann's Valentine
The Knighthood of Tony
Her Volunteer
In Reflected Glory
The House Beautiful
From a Human Standpoint
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