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TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER

In the one spring-time when David Whitcomb loved her

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TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER

FLORENCE MORSE KINGSLEY

Author of “The Singular Miss Smith,” “The Glass House,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY

JOHN RAE

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

1911

TO THEHIGHEST BIDDER