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MR. OPP

BY
ALICE HEGAN RICE

AUTHOR OF “MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH,”
“LOVEY MARY,” “SANDY,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BY LEON GUIPON

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1909

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Copyright, 1908, 1909, by
The Century Co.

Published, April, 1909

THE DE VINNE PRESS

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	PAGE
“He read impressively”	[Frontispiece]
“‘Don’t leave me’”	[45]
“‘Why, Mr. Opp, I’m not old enough’”	[124]
“It was Mr. Opp saying his prayers”	[192]
“‘Oh, my God, it has come’”	[258]
“‘Can’t nobody beat me making skirts’”	[314]