I could feel the sting of the powder smoke on my up-thrust wrist.
The Man
Who Couldn't Sleep
By ARTHUR STRINGER
AUTHOR OF
"The Prairie Wife," Etc.
With Frontispiece
By FRANK SNAPP
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers ———— New York
Published by arrangement with BOBBS MERRILL COMPANY
COPYRIGHT 1919
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
To Harvey, of the dome-like pate,
The dreamy eye, the Celtic wit
And kindly heart, I dedicate
This blithe romance conceived and writ
By one of that triumvirate
Who knew Defeat, yet conquered it.