The Spider's Web

BETTY STOOD AT THE WINDOW IN THE FULL LIGHT OF THE STREET-LAMP
THE SPIDER'S WEB
REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN
Author of The House of Bondage, etc., etc.
Illustrated by JEAN PALEOLOGUE
NEW YORK MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY 1913
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY All Rights Reserved Published October, 1913
To EVERETT HARRÉ Gratefully
That's the shout, the shout we shall utter When, with rifles and spades, We stand, with the old Red Flag aflutter On the barricades! —FRANCIS ADAMS.
Thou orb of many orbs! Thou seething principle! Thou well-kept, latent germ! Thou center! Around the idea of thee the strange sad war revolving, With all its angry and vehement play of causes, (With yet unknown results to come, for thrice a thousand years).... —WHITMAN.
While three men hold together, The kingdoms are less by three. —SWINBURNE.
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